Vocabulary
What is the inner core?
A landform that forms where lava flows on Earth's surface
What is a volcano?
This happens when tectonic plates move towards each other or push against each other
What is mountains form?
A landform that is much higher than the land around it
What is a mountain?
Three things that are considered trace fossils
What are footprints, waste and eggs?
The layer of Earth that makes up the land under the oceans and the continents
What is the crust?
This landform has straight steep walls and often times has a river at its base
What is a canyon?
The type of volcano that produces the most explosive eruptions, throwing rocks, lava and ash for miles
What is a cinder cone volcano?
The remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago
What is a fossil?
A fossil is heavier than, lighter than, or the same weight as the original plant or animal
What is heavier than?
A large, moving block of ice
What is a glacier
A landform that is higher than the land around it, flat at the top, and can have steep cliffs.
What is a plateau?
The change on the Earth's surface that can cause things to shift, shake, and result in cracks or mountains forming
What is an earthquake?
What is a fault?
Name three things a fossil footprint can tell us about an animal
What is how large the animal was, if it traveled (lived) in a herd, and how it moved (number of feet it walked on)
The dropping by rivers of soil and rock
What is deposition?
This landform forms at the ends of rivers by fast moving rivers carrying soil and rock and depositing it where it meets a lake or ocean.
What is a delta?
Most tsunami's and earthquakes occur along this area - name it and where it is located
What is the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean?
The second layer of the Earth
What is the mantle?
A tree's wood is replaced by rock during this process
What is petrification?
A natural feature of Earth's surface
What is a landform?
This landform forms in dry areas or along sandy coasts where wind carries sand and deposits it, forming mounds
What is a dune?
This most often causes tsunamis to occur
What is an earthquake?
The shape of landforms in an area
What is topography?
Sequence of fossil formation (5 steps)
What is animal dies, body is buried in mud or sediments, bone slowly decays, mineral-filled water seeps into bone, fossil becomes hard as rock