Landforms
This landform is very high with steep sides and often formed by tectonic forces.
$100: What is a mountain?
This theory explains that Earth’s plates are always moving.
$100: What is plate tectonic theory?
This process breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
$100: What is weathering?
A system of flowing water like rivers and streams. (Hint: the answer is written in this!)
$100: What is a river system?
This change to water systems happens when there is more or less precipitation.
$100: What are rainfall changes?
This landform is a flat, elevated area of land.
$200: What is a plateau?
These are the three types of plate boundaries.
$200: Divergent, convergent, transform
This process moves sediment from one place to another.
$200: What is erosion?
This is the land area that drains water into a river.
$200: What is a drainage basin?
This process wears away land and affects rivers and lakes.
$200: What is erosion?
This landform forms when lava erupts from beneath Earth’s surface.
$300: What is a volcano?
This is the rigid outer layer of the Earth.
$300: What is the lithosphere?
Name the three main types of erosion.
Water, wind, ice
Name one type of drainage pattern.
$300: Dendritic, trellis (any one)
This global issue affects temperature and water systems. (rising temperatures, sea levels, ice caps melting)
$300: What is climate change?
Name TWO of these: island, delta, valley—and describe how one forms.
$400: Island (land surrounded by water), delta (sediment deposited at river mouth), valley (low area formed by erosion)
This soft layer below the lithosphere allows plates to move.
$400: What is the asthenosphere?
Give an example of erosion shaping a landform.
$400: Example: river carving a valley, glacier shaping land
What is the difference between surface currents and deep water currents?
$400: Surface = wind-driven; deep = density/temperature driven
This product removes water from natural systems to sell in containers to consumers.
$400: What is bottled water?
Compare how a delta and a valley are formed.
$500: Delta = deposition of sediment; valley = erosion (water/ice carving land)
Explain what causes tectonic plates to move.
$500: Convection currents from heat inside Earth
Explain the difference between weathering and erosion.
$500: Weathering breaks down; erosion moves material
Explain why water systems are important for people and ecosystems.
$500: Water for sustaining life, transport, agriculture, ecosystems
This practice uses water to help crops grow—explain one benefit or one problem. (Name what it is, explain one benefit)
$500: What is irrigation? (Benefit: helps farming; problem: water depletion, overuse)