Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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Where do most earthquakes occur?
What is along faults.
100
A mountain that forms where lava flows on Earth's surface?
What is a volcano.
100
These are formed by wind erosion.
What is sand dunes.
100
A break in the crust where rock moves is called?
What is a fault.
100
Why do you think that fossils of shells and fish are sometimes found at the tops of rocky mountain peaks?
What is the mountains were once covered in water.
200
What would one find in the upper parts of Earth's mantle?
What is melted rock.
200
These volcanoes erupt slowly and lava flows steadily down their gently sloping sides.
What is a shield volcano.
200
The process of moving sediment.
What is erosion
200
On land, when plates move towards each other, the edges crush, one plate is pushed under the other. This forms?
What is mountain ranges.
200
Which layer includes the land that makes up the continents and the land under the oceans?
What is the crust.
300
What causes a tree to become petrified?
What is the tree's wood is replaced by rock.
300
Why does Earth's inner core remain solid?
What is the pressure on the inner core is very strong.
300
What is the Ring of Fire?
Roughly located along the ring of the Pacific Ocean, it is an areas of active volcanoes.
300
Information about Earth's history that is contained in fossils.
What is a fossil record.
400
What is a large, moving block of ice.
What is a glacier.
400
This type of volcano is small and has steep sides. It shoots chunks of rock into the air and down their slopes.
What is a cinder cone volcano.
400
What is the shaking of Earth's surface.
What is an earthquake.
400
The remains of an organism that lived long ago.
What is a fossil.
500
This type of volcano is made of layers of lava, rock, and ash. They have steep peaks and are usually explosive when the erupt.
What is a composite volcano.
500
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering.
500
If the Earth's plates stop moving, what would the Earth's surface look like in a few million years in the future?
What is likely flat due to weathering and erosion.
500
When a land plate and an ocean plate or two ocean plates meet, islands made of __________________ can result.
What is volcanic rock
500
How are deltas and dunes formed?
What is the movement of sand and sediment.
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