SOIL
FOSSILS AND FUELS
LANDFORMS
SUDDEN EARTH CHANGES
WEATHERING AND EROSION
100
Bits of decayed plants and animals.
What is humus?
100
The trace or remains of something that lived long ago.
What is a fossil?
100
About 3/4 of Earth is covered in this.
What is oceans?
100
Sudden movement of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust.
What is an earthquake?
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
200
The three layers of soil.
What is topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock?
200
Mark left behind in ground or mud by a living thing.
What is an imprint?
200
Features of the land are called this.
What are landforms?
200
A mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust.
What is a volcano?
200
The movement of weathered rock.
What is erosion?
300
The best type of soil for planting.
What is loam?
300
A resource that can be replaced or used again and again.
What is a renewable resource?
300
Landform that is raised like a mountain, but has a flat top.
What is a plateau?
300
The rapid movement of rocks and soil down a hill.
What is a landslide?
300
The dropping off of weathered rock to a new place.
What is deposition?
400
A material on Earth the is necessary or useful to people.
What is a natural resource?
400
A material that is burned for its energy.
What is fuel?
400
Landform that is is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
400
Water that flows over land that is usually dry.
What is a flood?
400
A mass of ice that moves slowly across the land.
What is a glacier?
500
Made up of weathered rock, minerals, and once-living things.
What is soil.
500
Fuel that forms from the remains of ancient plants and animals.
What is fossil fuel?
500
Ocean floor feature that is similar to a mountain.
What is a seamount?
500
Melted rock that flows from a volcano.
What is lava?
500
When water freezes, it .....
What is expands?
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