I am flat land that is higher than the land around me.
What is a plateau?
100
This happens when two plates moves towards each other and the ocean plate slides under the continental plate.
What is a subduction zone?
100
All of Earth's liquid and solid waters.
What is the hydrosphere?
100
This circle of volcanoes surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire?
100
A large body of salt water.
What is an ocean?
200
I am low land between mountains or hills
What is a valley?
200
When two of Earth's plates move away from each other. The mid-Atlantic ridge is an example of this process.
What is a divergent boundary?
200
The layer of gases that surround Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
200
Once magma reaches Earth's surface it is called
What is lava?
200
A small river or stream.
What is a tributary?
300
I am an area with very little precipitation.
What is a desert?
300
This is a place where two plates move towards one another.
What is a convergent boundary?
300
This layer of Earth is made of liquid metals
What is the outer core?
300
This volcano is built by layers of ash and cinders sandwiched between layers of hardened lava. It has gentle sloping sides at the bottom and steep sides at the top.
What is a composite volcano?
300
A natural stream of water falling from a high place.
What is a waterfall?
400
I am a high, steep section of rock or soil.
What is a cliff?
400
This is a place where two plates move beside one another
What is a transform boundary?
400
This layer of Earth is solid rock and can be found in the bottom of the crust and the top of upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
400
This volcano is built by thick lava that is thrown high into the air and falls as chunks or cinders. The mountain has steep sides.
What is a cinder cone?
400
An area where river water and ocean meet.
What is an estuary?
500
I am a deep valley with high, steep sides.
What is a canyon?
500
This map shows elevation by using contour lines and numbers.
What is a topographic map?
500
This layer of Earth is almost melted rock and can be found below the lithosphere, making up the remainder of the mantle.
What is the asthenosphere?
500
This volcano is built by thinner, fluid lava that spreads over a large area. The mountain has a broad base and gently sloping sides.