Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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what are the three main types of landforms
What are plains mountains and plateaus
100
what is erosion
What is the movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
100
Define erosion
What is the process by which natural forces move weather rock and soil from one place to another
100
what is Pangaea
What is a super continent made up of all 7 continents around 260 million years ago
100
What is a land form region
What is a large area of land where the topography is the same
200
define topography
What is the shape of the land
200
what are the 2 main kinds of weathering
What is mechanical and chemical
200
define deposition
What is the process by which the agents of erosion lay down sediment
200
what is a fault
What is a break in earths crust
200
What is abrasion
What is the grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity
300
what is the the definition of a map projection
What is a framework of lines that helps show landmass on a flat surface
300
name 3 layers of soil
What is bedrock, subsoil, topsoil, and/or litter
300
what are the 4 different types of mass movement
What are landslides, mudslides, slump, and creep
300
what is sedimentary rock
What is the type of rock that is made up of hardened sediment
300
What is sediment
What is the material moved by erosion
400
what are the four spheres
What is lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere
400
what is humus
What is a dark-colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains
400
what is a spit
What is a beach that projects like a finger out into the water
400
what is relevant age
What is a rocks age compared to the ages of the other rocks around it
400
What is a paleontologist
What is a scientist who studies fossils
500
what is a topographical map
What is a map that shows the surface features of an area
500
name 4 soil particles
What is gravel, sand, silt, clay
500
where do glaciers form
Where is where more snow FALLS than melts
500
describe the process by which most fossils are formed
What is when living things die and are buried by sediment; the sediment slowly harden into rock and pressure the shapes of the organisms
500
What is an uncomformity
What is a gap in the geological record
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