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Whose fault is it anyway?
100

Underground hollow areas created by weathering.

What are caves.

100

Small pieces of rock.

What is sediment.

100

Violent shaking of earth's crust.

What is earthquakes.

100

Innermost layer of the earth.

What is the core.

100

This is a fault at what boundary?

What is a fault at a sliding boundary. 

200

Melted rock BELOW earth's surface.

What is magma.

200

Deep valleys with steep sides.

What are canyons.


200

Name of material ejected from volcano AFTER it reaches earth's surface.

What is lava.

200

The energy/movement a Richter scale Measures.

What are seismic waves.

200

This is a fault at what boundary?

What is a fault at a converging boundary.

300

A high landform with flat surfaces. 

What are plateaus.

300

Crack in earth's crust where movement occurs.

What is a fault. 

300

The process of rocks being broken into pieces on earth's surface. 

What is weathering. 

300

Carrying away of sediment by moving water, wind, or ice. 

What is erosion. 

300

This is a fault at what boundary?

What is a fault at a divergent boundary. 

400

Dropping/releasing sediment from one place to another. 

What is deposition. 

400

The area from water's edge to ocean floor. 

What is the continental margin. 

400

The low plain formed where a river enters an ocean.

What is a delta.

400

Connected points on a map of areas of the same elevation.

What are contour lines. 

500

Theory that the continents are slowly moving.

What is continental drift. 

500

Area deep on the ocean floor. 

What is the abyssal plain.

500

Outermost layer of earth. 

What is the crust. 

500

Movement of giant rock plates moving across earth's surface.

What is plate tectonics. 

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