Landforms
Slow Earth Changes
Fast Earth Changes
Bodies of Water
Important Science Words
100

I am a landform that rises high above the surrounding land.

What is a mountain?

100

These are one of seven large land masses on The Earth.

What are continents?

100

I am an earth change that happens when large amounts of earth materials, including rocks and soil, move suddenly down a hill or mountain.

What is a landslide?

100

I am the largest body of water.  My water is salty.

What is an ocean?

100

I am the answer to a problem.

What is a solution?

200

I am a flat landform that covers many miles with few trees.

What is a plain?

200

The beach is getting smaller and smaller every year. It is caused by wind or water.

What is erosion?

200

I am a quick earth change that occurs when the earth's plates shift. I cause a sudden, violent shaking of the earth.  I can have different magnitudes.

What is an earthquake?

200

I am a flowing body of water.  I flow into larger bodies of water. My water comes mainly from rain and mountain lakes.

What is a river?

200

I am the part of a map that shows what the symbols mean.

What is the key?

300

I am a landform that is surrounded by water.

What is an island?

300

When 2 plates collide and push the land together, this is the result.

What is a mountain formation?

300

I produce hot gases, lava and ash. I happen very quickly.

What is a volcanic eruption?

300

I am a calm body of water and fairly deep. Plants only grow on the top of me.

What is a lake?

300

The water in extremely cold places is always this.

What is solid?

400

I am a low landform, usually between 2 mountains.  I may have a stream flowing through me.

What is a valley?

400

I am causing the earth's large land masses to move away from each other.  

What is Continential Drift?

400

I am a forceful rotating wind storm. I can move things far from where they were. I create a funnel shape.

What is a tornado?

400

I am a calm body of water and not very deep.  Plants can grow from the bottom up to the top of me.  I can be liquid or solid.

What is a pond?

400

I am an imaginary line dividing the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere. It is extremely warm here.

What is the equator?

500

I am a landform that has water on three sides.

What is a peninsula?

500

I am caused by a river constantly wearing away the surrounding earth. 

What is a canyon?

500

In order for an event to be classified as a quick change, it must be able to be observed during this.

What is your lifetime?

500

I am made of thick layers of snow that are pressed together to form ice. I move very slowly.

What is a glacier?

500

I am a crack in the underground rock caused by an earth quake.

What is a fault?

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