Landforms
Volcanos
Layers of the Earth
Earthquakes
Rivers and Glaciers
100
A ______________ is a natural feature of Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
100
This type of volcano is small with steep sides. It has one vent and shoots out cinder, rock and ash.
What is a cinder cone volcano.
100
This is the largest layer of the Earth.
What is the mantle?
100
These are large slabs of rock that make up the Earth's crust. They move a few centimeters each year.
What are plates?
100
These are formed by rivers and glaciers.
What are valleys.
200
A _______________ is a landform much higher than the land around it.
What is a mountain?
200
This type of volcano is huge in size with gently sloping sides. It has very thick lava that rolls steadily down the sides.
What is a shield volcano?
200
This is the thinnest layer of Earth. It includes the land that makes up the continents and the land under the oceans, seas, etc
What is the crust?
200
An ________________ is the shaking of Earth's crust
What is an earthquake?
200
An _____________ ______________ is a huge glacir that cover larges areas.
What are ice sheets?
300
A ___________________ has a gently rolling surface.
What is a plain?
300
This type of volcano is a huge mountain with multiple vents. It's violent eruptions shoot out lava and rock.
What is a composite volcano?
300
This layer of the Earth has two parts. What is this layer of the Earth?
What is the core?
300
This is the place where most earthquakes occur?
What are fault lines?
300
This helps to form deltas. It occurs when water carries sediment, rock and soil and drops it in a certain area.
What is deposition?
400
A ____________________ is a flat area but it is higher than the land around it. they can form on steep cliffs.
What is a plateau?
400
This is the place of Earth where the majority of volcanos are found.
What is the Ring of Fire?
400
This layer of the Earth is made up of solid nickel and iron. It is solid because of the pressure that is placed on it.
What is the inner core?
400
This is the cause of an earthquake?
What is movement between two plates can cause earthquakes?
400
It can be determined if a river is old by this....
What is how wide its valleys are and low its sides are?
500
_______________________________ is the shape of landforms in an area.
What is topography?
500
True or False. Volcanos never become dormant. If they have erupted once, they will continue to have the ability to erupt.
What is False?
500
This layer of the Earth is made up of liquid nickel and iron.
What is the outer core?
500
True or False. Waves of energy that moves through the crust can cause an earthquake.
What is true?
500
These are two types of glaciers?
What is alpine glaciers and ice sheets?
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