A wall-like structure that traps land and small rocks
What is a Jetty?
100
Where would you most likely find a delta? On a mountain, in a valley, near a river's mouth or at a volcano base
Near a River's Mouth
100
Weathering or Erosion: A plant growing in the crack of a rock
Weathering
100
The Hawaiian Islands are a chain of volcanoes. How are volcanoes like these formed?
A. A plate breaks into two parts
B. An earthquake occurs along a fault
C. A plate moves over a hot spot
C. A plate moves over a hot spot
200
A natural land shape or feature
What is a landform?
200
Molten rocks under the earth's surface
What is magma?
200
True or False: Waves constantly crashing into a cliff is a cause of weathering
False (Erosion)
200
A truck load of sand was delivered to the school and was dumped onto the playground forming a hill. After a week, the sand was no longer a hill. What most likely happened?
A. It eroded.
B. It erupted.
C. It fossilized.
D. It evaporated
A. It eroded.
200
Which of these is MOST LIKELY to cause sharp, rough mountains to become rounded and smooth over time?
A. Weathering and Erosion
B. Deposition
C. Plate Tectonics
A. Weathering and Erosion
300
A break in the earth's crust
What is a fault?
300
What causes both Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions?
Moving Plates
300
Which process takes the longest to changes the Earth's surface?
A. Earthquake
B. Landslide
C. Volcanic Eruption
D. Weathering
Weathering
300
During a Volcanic Eruption, what do we call the hot substance that comes out of the volcano?
What is lava?
400
A mountain made of lava, ash, or other material from eruptions.
What is a volcano?
400
All the kids of landforms in a certain place
What is topography?
400
A _________ protects the beach by preventing the current from carrying away sand.
What is a jetty
400
Running water erodes either side of a rock formation. Which formation will result?
A. mountain
B. mesa
C. sand dune
D. plain
B. Mesa
400
What type of boundary causes mountains to form?
Convergent Boundary
500
A movement of the ground caused by a sudden release of energy in the earth's crust.
What is an earthquake?
500
Which of the earth's layers contains soft areas on which plates float?
What is the crust?
500
A ____________ is a wall of earth of concrete that holds back rising water and keeps it in a channel.
What is a levee
500
What do you call the point on the Earth's surface where the damage is usually the worst during an earthquake?