Landforms
A lava filled mountain
What is a volcano
A slow moving mass of ice
What is a glacier?
Releases gas, ash, and lava
What is a volcano
The dropping off of sediment in a new place.
What is deposition?
Hot liquid rock that flows from a volcano
What is lava?
Deep, narrow valley with a river flowing through
What is a canyon?
Land surrounded by water
What is an island?
Creates valleys and canyons
What is water?
The movement of rock and sand to a new place
What is erosion?
A volcano which is sleeping
What is dormant volcano?
Tall, sloped raised area on the Earth's crust
What is a mountain?
Flat topped area of elevated land
What is a plateau?
This natural disaster is destructive and constructive
What is a volcano?
The break down of rocks into smaller pebbles
What is weathering?
An instrument that measures earthquake waves
What is a seismograph?
Flat area at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
Low area of land between mountains or hills
What is a valley?
Creates fault lines
What is an earthquake?
Type of force that tears down or destroys land
What is destructive?
The crust of the Earth broken into large pieces that move slowly apart
What are tectonic plates?
A pile of sand built by wind and deposition
What is a sand dune?
A fracture or crack in the Earth's crust
What is a fault?
Name the type of natural disaster that recently occurred in Florida
What is a hurricane?
Type of forces that build up and create new land
What is constructive?
Person who studies the Earth's movement
What is a seismologists?