Landforms
Slow Changes
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Vocab
More Landforms
100
A feature of Earth's surface
What is landform?
100
Weathered materials are moved from place to place by __.
What is erosion?
100
A __ is a violent storm with strong winds and heavy rains.
What is hurricane?
100
When water runs through cracks in limestone, it forms a __.
What is cave?
100
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides
What is canyon?
200
The low land between hills or mountains
What is valley?
200
Weathered materials are pulled down hills and mountains by __.
What is gravity?
200
Winds swirl very fast in a ___.
What is tornado?
200
Melted rock that flows out onto the ground during a volcanic eruption is __.
What is lava?
200
Mounds of sand
What is sand dunes?
300
Large streams of water that flows across land.
What is rivers?
300
When water ___ inside a rock, the rock may crack.
What is freezes?
300
Heavy rains can cause ___.
What is floods?
300
In the 1930s, the Great Plains of the U.S. were struck by terrible __.
What is dust storms?
300
Wide, flat lands
What is plains?
400
The highest landform with pointed tops
What is mountains?
400
The process that causes rocks on Earth's surface to crumble, crack, and break is ____.
What is weathering?
400
A sudden movement in the rocks that make up Earth's crust is ___.
What is earthquake?
400
Earthquakes, heavy rains, and melting snows can loosen rocks on the side of a mountain or hill, causing _.
What is lanslides?
400
Huge masses of moving ice
What is glaciers?
500
Flat-topped hills or mountains
What is mesas?
500
Weathering is usually a process tha takes place very __.
What is slowly?
500
An opening in the surface of Earth is called ___.
What is volcano?
500
A part of a lake or ocean that extends into the land is called a __.
What is bay?
500
Where the ocean meets the land.
What is coast?
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