Landforms
Volcanoes/ Earthquakes
Vocabulary
Erosion/ Weathering
Parts of the earth
100

A natural feature of the Earth's surface

landform

100

Shaking of the earth's surface

earthquake

100

remains or traces of organisms that lived long ago

fossil

100

Name the 4 parts of the earth

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

200

A landform much higher than the land around it

mountain

200

The dropping of soil and rock by rivers

deposition

300

A landform that forms where lava flows

Volcano

300
Where do most earthquakes occur
along faults
300

what is a large moving mass of ice?

glacier

300

Which layer of the Earth's layers include the land that makes up the continents and the land under the oceans?

crust

400

mostly flat land

plain

400

What is the ring of fire and why is it given that name?

The ring of fire is a circle of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean.

400

If you were observing a fossil of animal tracks, what might you learn about the animal tracks?  where it lived, what foods it might have eaten, what sounds it might have made, how big it might have been

how big it might have been

400
What would you find in the upper parts of Earth's mantle?   fertile soil, iron and nickel, melted rock, solid rock

melted rock

500

How are deltas and dunes alike

the movement of sand and sediment form them both
500

Explain the difference between a shield volcano and cone volcano


shield volcanoes have gently sloping sides and cone volcanoes have steep sides and erupt chunks of rock and lava

500

The shape of landforms in an area

Topography

500

What causes a tree to become petrified?

The tree's wood is replaced by rock

500

Why does the inner core remain solid?

The pressure is very great

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