Shaky Foundations
$100: This is the name of the "supercontinent" that existed 200 million years ago before the plates drifted apart.
Pangea
This is the name given to molten rock while it is still underground.
Magma
This is the process where rocks and pebbles are flung against a cliff face, wearing it away.
Abrasion
This is the highest mountain above sea level in the world.
Mt Everest
This is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by rain, frost, or chemicals without moving them.
Weathering
This is the outermost, solid layer of the Earth that we live on
The Crust
This horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean is home to 90% of the world’s earthquakes
The ring of fire
This is a tall, isolated pillar of rock standing in the ocean, left behind after a sea arch collapses.
A Sea Stack
These types of mountains are formed when two plates collide and the land is crumpled upwards.
Fold Mountains
This fan-shaped landform is created at the mouth of a river where it meets the sea and drops its sediment.
Delta
These are the circular movements of heat within the mantle that cause tectonic plates to move
Convection Currents
This is the point on the Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts.
Epicentre
This famous island chain was not formed at a plate boundary, but by a "hotspot" in the Earth's mantle where magma punches through the middle of a moving tectonic plate.
Hawaii
A deep, narrow valley with very steep sides, often carved out by a fast-flowing river over millions of years.
Canyon
This type of landscape is characterized by very low rainfall and can be either "sandy" or "stony."
Arid (or desert)
This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes
Transformitive Boundary
This type of volcano is broad and flat, resembling a warrior’s shield, and is formed by "runny" lava.
Shield Volcano
This landscape is a unique type of topography formed primarily by the dissolution (dissolving) of soluble rocks, most commonly limestone
Karst Landscape
While rivers create V-shaped valleys, these slow-moving "rivers of ice" create U-shaped valleys.
Glaciers
his is the "cultural" value of a landscape—why it is important to the people who live there.
aesthetic or spiritual value?
What example did Mr Stack use to show the difference between Landscapes and Landforms?
This scale is used by scientists to measure the total energy released by an earthquake.
Richter Scale (or Moment Magnitude Scale)
These are the two main types of waves; one builds beaches up, while the other tears them down.
Constructive and destructive waves
This is the term for a high, flat-topped area of land that rises sharply above the surrounding area.
Plateau
This specific type of weathering occurs when water gets into cracks in rocks, freezes, expands, and snaps the rock apart.
freeze-thaw weathering