Landforms in GA
Geography
Layers of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Vocabulary
100
The largest exposed piece of granite in the World...
What is Stone Mountain
100
This state is home to the Mississippi River delta...
What is Louisiana.
100
Molten rock that flows from a volcano onto Earth's surface.
What is LAVA
100
The system that helps scientists study movements in the Earth's crust. Also known as Global Positioning System.
What is GPS
100
The man made wall-like structure that sticks out into the ocean to prevent sand from being carried away...
What is a JETTY
200
The highest point in Georgia.
What is Brasstown Bald
200
The rushing water fo the Colorado River carved through thousands of layers of rock to form this landform...
What is The Grand Canyon
200
Two types of crust are...
What are Oceanic and Continental
200
An area where two plates converge. Sometimes there are cracks in the crust
What is a FAULT
200
The point on Earth's suface above the focus of the actual earthquake. Usually where the most destruction occurs.
What is the EPICENTER
300
The Georgia region has rolling hills and red clay
What is The Piedmont Plateau
300
The event happened in the early morning on April 29, 2003 in Georgia. Mr. Ames' cat woke him up before it happened.
What is an Earthquake
300
The layer of Earth that is composed on Liquid Hot Iron.
What is the OUTER CORE
300
Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur on Earth?
What is the Ring of Fire
300
The process of moving sediment by wind, moving water, or ice.
What is EROSION
400
The mountain range located in Georgia
What is Blue Ridge Mountains
400
An Island near Georgia's coast (adjacent to Savannah)
What is Cumberland Island
400
You would have to drill six thousand kilometers straight down to get to this.
What is CENTER OF THE EARTH
400
Hundreds of Millions of years ago, scientists believed that the continents of the world were all joined together to form a "super-continent".
What is PANGEA
400
Surface landforms of a given area.
What is TOPOGRAPHY
500
The topographic feature in Georgia where swamp lands can be found in the coastal plains.
What is OKEFENOKEE SWAMP
500
The state that the Grand Canyon is located
What is ARIZONA
500
The Earth layer that contains soft, hot material on which the plates of the crust float...
What is the MANTLE
500
The place where one plate is being sucked down underneath another plate.
What is a SUBDUCTION ZONE
500
The area of new land at the mouth of the river, formed from sediment
What is a DELTA
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