VOCABULARY
EARTH'S SURFACE
LAYERS OF EARTH
EXTREME NATURE
MYSTERY
100
REMAINS OR TRACES OF PAST LIFE FOUND IN EARTH'S CRUST
FOSSIL
100
THE PROCESS OF MOVING SEDIMENT ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER
EROSION
100
PLACE WHERE PIECES OF CRUST MOVE?
FAULT
100
SHAKING OF GROUND FROM ENERGY RELEASED BY THE EARTH'S CRUST?
EARTHQUAKE
100
PROCESS IN WHICH SOIL, SAND, AND SEDIMENT ARE FORMED?
WEATHERING
200
MOLTEN ROCK FROM THE MANTLE
MAGMA
200
THICK SHEETS OF ICE THAT FORM WHERE MORE SNOW FALLS IN WINTER THAN MELTS IN SUMMER
GLACIER
200
OPENING IN THE CRUST TO WHERE LAVA FLOWS?
VOLCANO
200
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY EARTHQUAKES LOCATED AT THE RING OF FIRE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN?
LOCATED ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF A PLATE
200
THE THEORY OF HOW CONTINENTS MOVE OVER EARTH'S CRUST?
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
300
SUPERCONTINENT ON EARTH MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO
PANGEA
300
WIND FORMS WHAT TYPES OF STRUCTURES?
DUNES
300
OUTER VERY THIN LAYER OF EARTH?
CRUST
300
SINKHOLES ARE CAUSED BY LIMESTONE WEARING AWAY BY WHAT?
ACID RAIN
300
WHY WOULD FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON LAST FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS?
NO WIND OR WATER TO TAKE THEM AWAY
400
DOWNHILL SHIFTING OF ROCK AND SOIL BECAUSE OF GRAVITY
MASS MOVEMENT
400
WHAT ARE FORMED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS?
ISLANDS
400
CENTER AND VERY HOT PART OF THE EARTH?
CORE
400
WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF MASS MOVEMENT?
MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES
400
WHAT KIND OF LANDFORM CAN BE FORMED BY THE DEPOSTION OF SEDIMIMENT AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER?
DELTA
500
PROCESS OF DROPPING SEDIMENT IN A NEW LOCATION
DEPOSITION
500
THE EARTH'S PLATES FLOAT WHERE?
IN SOFT ROCK OF THE LOWER MANTLE
500
THE REASON THE CENTER OF EARTH IS SOLID IS BECAUSE OF WHAT REASON?
THERE IS GREAT PRESSURE
500
SMALL PIECES OF HARDENED LAVA?
ASHES
500
WHAT VOLCANO ERRUPTED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1980?
MOUNT ST. HELENS
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