Landforms
A mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust
What is a volcano?
An opening in the Earth's crust through which magma from the mantle erupts.
What is a volcano?
A natural shape on Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
This type of weathering causes large boulders to form cracks and then break apart
What is ice?
A sudden shaking of the rock that makes up Earth's crust
What is an earthquake?
When rocks, dirt, or soil quickly fall down the side of a landform like a mountain or canyon.
What is a landslide?
The particles of soil or rock that may be eroded and deposited.
What is sediment?
The weathering and removal of rocks and soil
What is erosion?
True or False, rock layers can continue to form after earthquakes
A large crack in the earth formed by a river or earthquake.
What is a canyon?
These slide causing an earthquake
What are tectonic plates?
This is the evidence of an organism that lived in the past
What is a fossil?
The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock
What is deposition?
The farther a fossil is buried, the newer the fossil is. True or False?
A large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it.
What is a plateau?
What happens when the ocean breaks rocks into smaller and smaller pieces
What is a sandy beach?
A large landmass
What is a continent?
A rock that forms when small bits of matter are pressed together in layers
What is sedimentary rock?
Scientists use fossils to see how climates change over time. True or False?
An area of land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
An extremely large, forceful wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
A map that shows the elevation of an area of Earth's surface using contour lines
What is a topographical map?
What is acid rain?
Created when a plate is pushed downward
What is a deep ocean trench?