Geosphere
What are ocean floor, continents and islands?
The divided parts of the geosphere.
All the different feautures of the surface of the Earth.
Where can we find volcanoes?
On land and underwater, around the Ring of fire.
What is the coast?
The place where the land meets the sea.
Give one example of a change that happens because of internal forces.
Earthquakes, volcanoes.
What is the crust, the mantle and the core?
The three concentric layers of the geosphere.
Mountain range.
How are volcanoes primarily classified?
They are classified by shape and size. Mid ocean ridge, calderas, stratovolcanoes and shield volcanoes.
What are the two types of coasts?
Coastal plains and mountainous.
Give one example of a change that happens because of external forces.
Wheathring, erosion.
What is magma?
The molten rock that can be found in the mantle.
What is altitude?
The height above sea level on any point on the surface of the Earth.
What elements do all the volcanoes emit?
Gas and molten rock (magma).
Name 3 types of coastal landscapes and describe them.
Cape, gulf, peninsula, etc.
Is a piece of land that extends into the ocean.
Sea extends into the land.
Land surrounded by water.
How do you call an earthquake that happens under the ocean floor?
Seaquakes or tsunamis.
What are minerals?
The grains or crystals that rocks consist of.
Where can we find valleys and what often see in them?
Between mountains and we often find rivers.
Where do the beginning of volcanoes start?
At the core of the Earth.
Which are the three coastal areas of Canada?
The Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic.
What is erosion?
It's the removal of soil and rock material by wind, water or ice.
What are the three types of rock we studied?
Sedementary, Igneous and Metamorphic.
What are plains? How do you call a plain with very high and low altitude?
Large areas of flat land with no hills or slopes.
A plateau and depressions.
What positive effects volcanoes have had on life on Earth?
The volcano ashes give nutrients to the nearby soil. And when the lava solidifies it becomes new landforms.
How long is the coastline of Canada?
It's 202,080 km.
What is transport?
Transport is the movement of eroded material.