Earth's surface
Landform where lava flows on Earth's surface.
Cave
Volcano
Desert
volcano
Put the layers of the Earth in order.
a. outer core
b. crust
c. inner core
d. mantle
b.
d.
a.
c.
The remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago.
a. fossils b. acorns c. money
fossils
A large moving mass of ice.
a. Glacier
b. Forest
c. Valley
glacier
What is a landform surrounded by water?
a. island
b. penninsula
c. mountain
island
A landform much higher than the land around it.
Mountain
Valley
Plain
mountain
Which of Earth's layers includes the land that makes up the continents and the land under the ocean?
a.crust b.inner core c.outer core d.mantle
crust
If you found trace fossils of a foot print, what could this tell you?
a. how big it was
b. where it lived
c. what food it ate
what sound it made
how big it was
The dropping of soil and rock by rivers.
a. Composition
b. Deposition
c. exhibition
deposition
What is the difference between lava and magma?
a. magma is below the crust
b. lava is above the crust
c. both a & b
Magma is melted rock below the crust and lava is when it rises above the crust
Natural feature of the Earth's surface
Pizza
Smoke
Landform
landform
What would you find in the upper part of the Earth's mantle?
fertile soil
melted rock
iron and nickle
solid rock
melted rock
Dinosaur bones would be this
a. a true fossil
b. a trace fossil
A true fossil
The breaking down or dissolving of rocks
a. erosion
b. weathering
c. consumption
weathering
Why does Earth's inner core remain solid?
a. it is made of iron and nickel
b. the heat around it is great
c. the pressure on it is great
The pressure on it is very great
Which of these does a plain have?
steep cliffs
mostly flat land
deep valleys
mostly flat land
Where do most earthquakes occur?
fault lines
in the core
on valley floors
fault lines
What causes a tree to become petrified?
a. the tree is preserved in sap
b. glaciers cause the tree to freeze
c. the tree's wood is replaced by rock
-the tree's wood is replaced by rock
The Grand Canyon was formed by this
a. digging
b. meteors
c. erosion
erosion
Name 4 types of land forms
mountains, deltas, dunes, islands, valleys, canyons, plateaus, plains...
The shape of landforms in an area.
Topography
Photography
Radiology
Topography
How are deltas and dunes alike?
a. they form along sandy coasts
b. the movement of sand and sediment forms both
c. they both form at the end of rivers
-the movement of sand and sediment forms both
If scientists found a fossil of a palm tree in Wyoming, what can the scientist infer?
a. Wyoming has always been cold
b. Wyoming has lots of cowboys
c. Wyoming was once warm
That Wyoming was warm at one point.
If the Earth's plates stopped moving, what would the land look like in a few million years?
a. mountainous
b. flat
c. polluted
No new mountain ranges and everything would be flat because of erosion
How can you tell the difference between a shield and a cone volcano?
a. cone volcano has steep sides
b. shield volcano has steep sides
shield has gently sloping sides and cone volcanoes have steep sides and shoot chunks of rock into the air