Landforms
Oceanic Landforms
Erosion and Deposition
Destructive and Constructive forces
waves, currents, and tides
100
A curve or loop in a river.
What is meander?
100
This is when the land under water goes from shallow and then drops down to deep.
What is a continental shelf?
100
This is the process by which earth material settles to the bottom of the water.
What is deposition?
100
This is when land is broken down.
What is destructive forces?
100
High tide and low tide.
What are the two types of tides?
200
Gently sloping shores usually covered by sand and pebbles.
What is a beach?
200
Place where humans swim while at the ocean.
What is the continental shelf?
200
The break away of earth material from its starting point.
What is erosion?
200
This is when landforms are built.
What is constructive forces?
200
The repeated movement of water.
What is a wave?
300
This is a piece of land that fills up with water during a flood.
What is a floodplain?
300
A deep crack in the ocean.
What is a trench?
300
This process is what formed the Grand Canyon.
What is erosion?
300
This is how destructive forces are made
What is weathering/erosion?
300
Flowing streams of water that move in one direction.
What is a current?
400
A high, uplifted area with steep slopes.
What is a Mountain?
400
A wide flat area of land.
What is abyssal plain?
400
Canyons and deltas are formed by this process.
What is deposition?
400
Volcanos, floods, earthquakes.
What are destructive and constructive forces?
400
The moon.
What causes the tides?
500
This is a giant slab of rock in the earth's crust.
What is a plate?
500
Low lands between hills and mountains.
What is a rift?
500
This is a low area in which sediments are often deposited.
What is a basin?
500
This landform is destructive when it explodes, but also builds more land.
What is a volcano?
500
Giant waves that are usually created by Earthquakes.
What is a tsunamis?
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