Vocabulary
Vocabulary part 2
Stuff on Land or under
Ring of Fire
Potpouri
100
This is the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago.
A Fossil
100
This is the information about Earth's history that is contained in fossils.
What is the Fossil Record
100
This is an area with mostly flat land
What is a Plain
100
When a Cinder cone volcano erupts, this is what comes out (must have at least 2 items)
What is ash, cinder, and chunks of rock
100
These are what happen after an earthquake
What are aftershocks
200
This is a landform that forms where lava flows on Earth's Surface
What is a Volcano
200
This type of rock is created from existing rock that has had heat and pressure placed on it.
What is a Metamorphic Rock
200
Deltas and Dunes are created by the movement of what things?
What are sand and sediment
200
This type of volcano has steep sides
What is a Cone
200
This type of topography is created when plates move towards each other
What are Mountains
300
This is a shaking of a Earth's surface.
What is an Earthquake
300
This is a landform much higher than the land around it.
What is a mountain
300
Most earthquakes occur along these.
What are Faults
300
This is how often a shield volcano erupts
What is constantly
300
These are the two parts of Earth's layers that are liquid
What are the the Mantle and Upper Core
400
This is the dropping of soil and rock by rivers.
What is Deposition
400
This is a large, moving mass of ice.
What is a Glacier
400
The two layers of the earth that are solid
What are the Crust and the Inner Core
400
Cone or composite volcanoes explode this way
What is Violently
400
This is the most obvious thing you can learn from a fossilized footprint.
What is The Size of an Animal
500
This is the shape of landforms in an area.
What is Topography
500
This is a natural feature of Earth's surface.
What is a Landform
500
What wood is called when it is replaced by rock.
What is Petrified Wood
500
A shield volcano has these types of sides
What are gently sloping
500
What weathering does to mountains over time
What is Erodes them flat
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