Erosion
What is a physical process?
natural forces that change Earth’s physical features (they change how the earth looks).
What can come out of a volcano?
Lava, ashes and rocks.
What is the top layer of Earth called?
Crust
How can you describe the movement of Glaciers?
Very slow
Where is Mr. Chabi from?
Algeria
What are the 4 agents of erosion?
water, wind, ice, gravity
What is Lava?
molten or liquid rocks that come out of a volcano.
Finish the sentence: Tectonic plates fit like...
a puzzle
What is a glacier?
a large mass of ice that moves very slowly, carving and changing the land as it moves.
What is the world's longest river?
The Nile river in Egypt.
Describe the process of erosion.
the movement of sediments (bits of rocks and soil) by wind, water, ice, and gravity.
What is magma?
molten or liquid rocks that is under earth (before coming out of a volcano).
What are the two types of mountains?
Fold and block mountains
What are the two types of glaciers?
Alpine and continental
What is the capital city of spain?
Madrid
What is deposition?
when the sediments that are moved by wind, water, ice, and gravity are dropped somewhere else.
What causes volcanoes?
When two tectonic plates collide, causing cracks in the crust.
How are fold mountains created?
They are created by a folding of Earth’s crust when two tectonic plates collide.
What is an Alpine glacier?
they form high in the mountains and slowly move down due to gravity.
What animal cannot stick out their tongue?
(kangaroo, crocodile, elephant, rabbit)
Crocodile
Which river in Russia is responsible for erosion (hint: it's the longest river in the world).
The Volga river
What is special about Mt. St. Helen?
It erupted so hard that it blew its own top off!
How are block mountains created?
when a block of Earth’s crust breaks and sinks down creating two different mountains.
What is a continental glacier?
they form in flat land near the north and south pole, instead of moving down, they move outwards in all directions.
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