EARTH
THE MOVING CRUST
WEATHERING AND EROSION
CHANGES CAUSED BY WEATHER
MISCELLANEOUS
100
crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
What are the four layers of Earth
100
A mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust
What is a volcano
100
the slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering
100
Thunderstorms spin off these violent storms
What are tornadoes
100
a bend in rock layers
What is a fold
200
Mountains
What are the tallest landforms?
200
The collision of two plates form a fold, which forms a...
What is a mountain
200
the dropping off of weathered rock
What is deposition
200
sudden downhill movements of materials in large amounts
What are avalanches and landslides
200
a high land with a flat top
What is a plateau
300
A sphere of solid material at Earths center.
What is the inner core?
300
A long narrow crack in the crust
What is a fault
300
the transport of weathered rock
What is erosion
300
quickly changes a forest into a field of charred tree trunks.
What is a fire
300
the layer of rock below the crust
What is the mantle
400
two ways that landforms are shaped
What is wind and/or water
400
The place where plates slide past each other
What is a fault
400
flowing water is an example of what type of weathering
What is physical
400
an overflow of water onto land that is normally dry
What is a flood
400
solid rock that makes up the Earth's outer most layer
What is the crust
500
landforms shaped by wind
What are beaches, sand dunes, and deserts
500
A machine used to detect and record earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
500
two types of weathering
What are chemical and physical
500
a very large swirling storm that forms over warm oceans near the equator.
What is a hurricane
500
liquid layer below the mantle, mostly made of melted iron
What is the outer core
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