landforms
how do landforms change slowly
how do landforms change quickly
Rocks
oceans
100
This landform usually has a rounded shape.
What is a hill?
100
The breaking and wearing away of landforms by ice, rain, snow, and wind.
What is weathering?
100
The outside layer of the earth is a called the ____________.
What is the crust?
100
The rock that is formed when melted rock from inside the Earth cools.
What is igneous rock?
100
The bottom of the ocean floor is called __________ ?
What is the ocean floor?
200
This is the highest landform with few flat places.
What is a mountain?
200
Strong winds and flowing water carry away the broken pieces of landforms.
What is erosion?
200
The earth's crust is mad of large pieces called ________.
What is plates?
200
This rock is formed when small pieces of other rocks or parts of dead plants or animals are pressed together very hard.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
The part of the ocean floor that is closest to land.
What is the continental shelf?
300
This landform is also high, but it is very flat on top.
What is a plateau?
300
Erosion is caused by water and _________
What is wind?
300
Deep inside the earth, the temperature is _____.
What is hot?
300
Inside the Earth, squeezing and heat form _________?
What is metamorphic rock?
300
The deepest part of the ocean.
What is an abyss?
400
A piece of land that is surrounded by water.
What is an island?
400
Weathering and erosion changes landforms ______.
What is slowly?
400
The land shakes and can crack during an ________?
What is an earthquake?
400
This kind of rock can be formed under water when pebbles, seashells and sand are pressed together.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
Rivers of water that flow through the ocean around them.
What is ocean currents?
500
This is a low, flat , or rolling landform that can be covered with grass.
What is a plain?
500
Erosion can carry away broken pieces of a ________.
What is landform?
500
When melted rock from inside Earth spills through a crack onto the surface, a ___________ forms.
What is a volcano?
500
Rocks can be forced deep into the Earth by _________?
What are Earthquakes?
500
Water covers about ___________ of the Earth.
What is three-quarters or 3/4's?
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