_____________________________ are natural formations, made of rock and dirt, found on earth.
What are Landforms?
100
_________________ are hills of sand, created by deposition, found in a desert or near an ocean.
What are dunes?
100
________________are large, elevated areas of land with peaks and steep slopes that are higher than the land around it.
What are Mountains?
100
Most volcanoes are located ____________________________.
1. Near the coastline,
2. Near the Ring of Fire
3. Around the Pacific Ocean
100
_______________________ are the rapid movement of rocks, soil, and trees down a steep slope or hill.
What are landslides?
200
This is the process that breaks down the Earth's surface.
What is weathering
200
_______________ are small, narrow rivers
What are Streams?
200
______________ are elevated areas of land not as tall as mountains.
What are Hills?
200
_________________ volcanoes have thick lava and felsite.
What are cone?
200
Ice wedging is a form of weathering that is caused by seeds growing in the cracks of rocks, causing the rocks to eventually break. True or False
What is false? This describes root wedging.
300
This is the process that transports Earth's surface.
What is erosion?
300
______________are low lands that lie between mountains or hills.
What are Valleys?
300
___________________ are depressions in the Earth’s surface.
What are Sinkholes?
300
_______________volcanoes have thin lava and basalt.
What are shield volcanoes?
300
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is known as _______________________.
What is erosion?
400
This is the process that deposits Earth's surface.
What is deposition?
400
________________________ are fan-shaped areas where rivers meet oceans that are created by deposition.
What are Deltas?
400
_______________________are low areas next to rivers or streams.
What are Floodplains?
400
How are rocks at the top of the mountain different from the rocks at the bottom of the mountain?
What is the rocks at the top are bigger and more jagged? The ones at the bottom are smoother and smaller.
400
Why does thick lava explode?
What is Volcanoes with thick lava trap the gas bubbles.
Eventually the gas makes the volcano explode?
500
A vibration from underground movement along a fault plane is known as a/an___________________.
What is earthquake?
500
An area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland is known as a ______________________.
What is a peninsula?
500
An area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding land, is known as a ________________________.
What is a plateau?
500
What conditions make it unsafe to camp in an area?
What is steep slopes 35 degrees or more, loose rocks, and lots of rain?
500
If you were traveling and found a volcano, how could you figure out if the volcano would explode or not?
What is it would explode if it:
1. Had thick lava
2. Had gray, felsite rock
3. It had a cone shape