Weathering
Erosion
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Vocab Grab Bag
100
This is what we call Earth's crust when we are standing on it.
What is the ground?
100
The process of moving weathered pieces of rock.
What is erosion?
100
These are two of the four types of volcanoes.
What are shield, composite cone, cinder cone, or lava dome. (give two)
100
Where the damage from an earthquake is greatest.
What is near the epicenter?
100
the breaking up of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
200
Mountains, valleys, hills, plains, plateaus, peninsulas....
What are landforms?
200
These are two things than can carry the weathered rock from one place to another.
What wind, water, ice, etc (give two)?
200
Magma that makes it out of the volcano.
What is lava?
200
Earthquakes usually happen along these?
What are faults?
200
The moving of weathered material
What is erosion?
300
The process of Earth's crust being broken down into smaller and smaller pieces?
What is weathering?
300
This is when the material is placed down somewhere new.
What is deposition?
300
What scientist call a volcano that has not erupted in a long time.
What is dormant.
300
A state in the United States where earthquakes are common.
What is California?
300
the laying down of weathered material
What is deposition?
400
When only the size of the rocks is changed...
What is physical weathering?
400
Gravity can cause it.
What is landslide or avalanche?
400
Mount St. Helens is this type of volcano.
What is a composite cone?
400
Two effects of earthquakes...
What are fires, damaged buildings and roads.
400
two ways that gravity can cause very rapid deposition
What are landslides and avalanches?
500
When the material that makes up the rock or soil is changed...
What is chemical weathering?
500
This is one way we can slow down erosion.
What is terraces or barriers.
500
Where can most volcanoes be found?
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
This causes earthquakes...
What is pressure on the rocks where two plates come together.
500
Volcanoes and Earthquakes both tend to occur near....
What are faults?
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