A place in the earth where magma can erupt as lava is a ______.
volcano
The place where a river begins, usaully high in the mountains, is its mouth.
False, source
The loss of soil by water and wind
erosion
the very center of the earth
core
The outer layer of the earth is the _____.
crust
Name A
topsoil
The shaking of the earth's crust is a(n) _______.
Earthquake
A natural fomation of rock or soil on the earth's surface is called a landform.
to plant different crops from year to year
crop rotation
number of continents on the earth
seven
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Name all seven continents for double the points!
Water, the right kind of air, and good soil are examples of natural _______.
resources
Name C
Bedrock
Matter that settles at the bottom of a liquid is ______.
sediment
Seventy percent of the earth is covered by water.
soil in which plants grow well
fertile
large mass of moving rock or soil from a mountain or cliff
landslide
poles
What is B?
Crust
Where is the end of a river called where it empties into the ocean?
mouth
A new landform made by soil deposited at the end of a river where it flows into an ocean.
False, delta
a ditch formed where soil washed away
gully
the top layer of the earth's crust
bedrock
The imaginary line around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles is the _____.
equator
What is A?
mantle
What is taking wise care of what God has given us?
stewardship
A mineral is a substance in the earth that has never been alive.
True
hot, liquid rock found in the earth's mantle
magma
precipitation on land that eventually trickles into streams
water runoff
Material in the soil that is made from living things that are broken down or decayed is _____.
humus
What is B?
subsoil