Land forms
A land form that goes by The Rockies and The Appalachian in the United States.
What are Mountains?
The two different types of weathering.
What is physical and chemical weathering?
Picks up loose material from the surface of rocks.
What is Running Water?
The sudden movement that causes Earth's crust to shake.
What is an Earthquake?
Rocks in Earth's crust are slowly being broken into smaller pieces.
What is Weathering?
Located in Arizona this land form is labeled as the Grand _______.
What are Canyons?
The only change that is made during physical weathering.
What is size?
The speed that deposition happen.
What is Slowly and Very Fast?
A weak spot in Earth's crust where magma is forced upward and reaches the surface.
What is a Volcano?
Water, ice,gravity, and wind often work together to move weathered pieces of rocks.
This land form is flat on low ground.
What is a Plain?
These give off chemicals that can cause weathering.
What are plants and animals?
These are put on hills to slow erosion.
What are Plants?
Produces incredible amounts of rock and ash.
What are Volcanic Eruptions?
The laying down of pieces of Earth's surface.
What is Deposition?
This flat land form is located on high grounds.
What is a Plateau?
This is formed when chemicals cause rocks to change.
What are Materials?
The 4 causes of erosion.
What is Water, Ice, Gravity, and Wind?
At 80 to 160 kilometers underground this very hot rock is located.
What is Magma?
A break or crack in rocks where Earth's crust can move.
What is a Fault?
For example, Florida is a land form that goes along a coast and extends into the water.
What is a Peninsulas?
These cause rocks to grow when heated and contract when cooled.
What is Temperature Changes?
These 2 land forms can be formed by water running downhill wearing away rocks and soil.
When a volcano has not erupted for a long time.
What is Dormant?
The point on Earth's surface that is directly above the focus.
What is the Epicenter?