MOVEMENT
ROCKS
FORMATIONS
PHYSICAL FEATURES
INSIDE/OUTSIDE
100
This pulls rock and soil downhill
What is gravity
100
Minerals that are valued for being rare and beautiful
What are gems
100
The hydrosphere is made of this
What is Earth's water?
100
These formed the Hawaiin Islands.
What are volcanoes?
100
This is the theory of how continents move over the surface of the Earth.
What is continental drift?
200
This is when Earth's crust is squeezed or pushed together
What is compression
200
Rocks that formed when melted rock material cooled and hardened
What is igneous
200
The place where a river begins
What is the source?
200
The name for streams that go into rivers
What are tributaries?
200
This is the picking up of weathered materials and carrying them away.
What is erosion?
300
This is when one part of Earth's crust tears past another
What is shear
300
Sedimentary rocks are made of this
What are bits of matter joined together.
300
This is a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
300
These are areas from which water is drained.
What are watersheds?
300
This is the dropping off of pieces of eroded materials.
What is deposition?
400
Compression crumples rock into this
What are folds
400
Rocks formed under heat and pressure
What is metamorphic?
400
This is where a river empties into the ocean.
What is the mouth?
400
This US river has the largest flood plain in the world.
What is the Mississippi?
400
These are the three main agents of erosion.
What are water, wind and ice?
500
An example of a folded mountain is
What are the Alps, Himalayas, Appalachian
500
The main ingredient in soil
What is weathered rock?
500
The name for deep V-shaped valleys.
What are canyons?
500
These are physical features on Earth's surface.
What are landforms?
500
These are peices of material that water carries with it.
What is sediment?
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