Famous Landforms
Natural Phenomenon
Rocks
Water
Miscellaneous
100
This is the tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mt. Everest?
100
This natural phenomenon is created by the shifting of tectonic plates.
What is an earthquake?
100
These are the three types of rocks.
What are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous?
100
This is the largest river in the United States
What is the Mississippi River?
100
Path of fastest flow. Usually above deepest portion of the stream channel.
What is a thalweg?
200
This fault runs through California.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
200
This is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases.
What is water vapor?
200
This type of rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma/lava.
What is an igneous rock?
200
This is the slowest moving load in a river.
What is a bed load?
200
This is the percent of earth's water in the ice caps. Round to the nearest whole number
What is 2%
300
This is the largest volcano on earth. Located in Hawaii.
What is the Mauna Loa?
300
This disasters winds rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.
What is a hurricane?
300
This rock is created through high pressure and temperatures.
What is a metamorphic rock?
300
Name all of the oceans.
What is the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Ocean
300
This is the age of the earth
What is 4.5 billion years old?
400
This landform is constantly eroded by the Colorado River.
What is the grand canyon?
400
This type of explosive volcano emits ash and pyroclastic material.
What is a strato volcano?
400
If you are on the naughty list for Christmas, you will receive this rock for a gift.
What is coal?
400
Water spends the least amount of time in this area.
What is the atmosphere?
400
This makes up oceanic crust.
What is basalt?
500
This large body of water is home of the ring of fire.
What is the pacific ocean?
500
This causes earthly winds to deflect to the east in the northern hemisphere.
What is the coriolis effect?
500
Cross bedding occurs in this type of rock.
What is a sedimentary rock?
500
This type of flow consists of water paths crossing.
What is turbulent flow?
500
This is the name of the crater in Mexico after the meteorite impact wiped out the dinosaurs.
What is the Chicxulub crater?
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