Landforms
Rapid changes
Slow changes
Vocabulary
Rocks
100
An area of low land between two mountains or hills.
What is a valley?
100
An opening in the Earth's crust through which magma from the mantle erupts.
What is a volcano?
100
A large body of slowly moving ice.
What is a glacier?
100

This tells us about earth's past, such as, the organisms and ecosystems living during specific times frames.

What is a fossil?

100

A rock formed deep within earth's surface from heat and pressure.

What is metamorphic rock?

200
An area of flat land.
What is a plain?
200
When rocks, dirt, or soil quickly fall down the side of a landform like a mountain or canyon.
What is a landslide?
200
These help stop or slow down erosion.
What are plants?
200

Very small pieces or parts of rock.

What are particles or sediments?

200

Identify the types of rocks: limestone, marble, and granite.

What is Limestone=Sedimentary, Marble=Metamorphic, Granite=Igneous?

300
A large crack in the earth formed by a river or earthquake.
What is a canyon?
300
When tectonic plates slide and cause the ground to shake.
What is an earthquake?
300
A landform created by weathering, erosion, and depositon at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
300

Small bits of rock and soil that are moved by water to another place.

What is deposition?

300

This rock is formed through the cooling of magma or lava.

What is igneous rock?

400
A large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it.
What is a plateau?
400
An extremely large, forceful wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
400

The five main forces of nature that causes weathering, erosion, and deposition.

What is wind, water, ice, vegetation, and gravity?

400
These cause movement and change to Earth's surface.
What are forces?
400

Fossils are often found in this rock.

What is sedimentary rock?

500
An area of land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
500

An overflowing amount of water beyond its normal confines.

What is a flood?

500
What happens when the ocean breaks rocks into smaller and smaller pieces.
What is a sandy beach?
500

The process of particles transferring to a new location.

What is erosion?

500

A sedimentary rock cannot be formed without ________ and _________.

What is compaction and cementation?

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