Landforms
The land of this landform is flat and gently roling
What is a plain?
Release of energy through Earth’s crust due to changes taking place beneath it
What is an earth?quake
Molten rock flowing from a volcano
What is lava?
Changes that occur in landforms
What are landform processes
This is a massive wave that is formed when an earthquake occurs underwater.
What is a tsunami?
Higher elevated flat land. Looks like a table
What is a plateau?
These areas rub together and make up the earth's crust.
What are tectonic plates?
These three layers make up the earth
What are the core,mantle and crust?
The mantle is full of this substance
What is magma?
Volcanic mountains are formed when this substance comes to the surface.
What is magma?
These get formed when plates are pushed together over thousands of years these get formed
What are mountains(fold mountains)?
These lines seperate the tectonic plates
What are faultlines
When the pipe in a volcano gets blocked, what can happen?
What is an eruption?
The sudden rise in sea level caused by high winds pushing towards coastlines
What is a storm surge?
This type of volcano is made up of ash and magma
What is a composite cone
These low lying areas between higher elevation are formed by the rivers flowing through them
What are v shaped valleys?
This where the heart of an earthquake happens
What is the epicentre?
This area has the greatest number of volcanoes in the world. Volcanoes found in this area are the result plates coming together and one edge burns in the mantle
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire
A volcano built entirely of magma
What is a shield cone?
The breaking point where earth's plates move suddenly, causing an earthquake.
What is the epicentre?
When glaciers retreat, these get formed
What are u shaped valleys?
How much bigger is a level 4 earthquake on the Richter scale to a level 1 eathquake?
What is 1000?
Name a benefit that volcanoes have
They can fertilize the soil.
They form new landforms
This area has plates that move apart and form volcanoes
What is the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
This disaster can happen after an eartquake affects an area of high elevation
What is a landslide? What is an avalanche?