name for the elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
What is the timberline?
200
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses
What is an isthmus?
200
a type of volcano that is flat and has mostly lava flows
What is a shield volcano?
200
Era with the dinosaurs
What is Mesozoic Era?
200
Highest MountainS in the world
What is the Himilaya Mountains?
200
the shape of land determined by the elevation, relief, and landforms
What is topography?
300
a steep slope or cliff
What is an escarpment?
300
A type of volcano with steep sides and explosive pyroclastic eruptions
What is a cinder cone volcano?
300
Era that we live in
What is Cenozoic Era
300
longest river in the United States
What is the Missouri River?
300
process by which sediment is laid down in new places
What is deposition?
400
an area of low, wet land with trees
What is a swamp?
400
volcano in Hawaii
What is Mount Kilauea?
400
Era where fish were the dominant form of life
What is Paleozoic Era?
400
Longest river in the world
What is the Nile?
400
an imaginary line separating eastern and western flowing rivers
What is the continental divide?
500
a coral island consisting of a reef surrounded by a lagoon
What is an atoll?
500
ocean that is surrounded by the "ring of Fire"
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
Put the eras in order from oldest to youngest
What is (Oldest)-PreCambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic (Most recent)
500
Tallest mountain peak (elevation) in the world
What is Mount Everest?
500
three ways islands are formed
What is
1. volcanos
2. a land piece connecting two larger land masses is covered by water (covering connection to mainland)
3. remains of coral built up over time
4. sand builds up and forms barrier islands near the shore