Landforms
What landform is rough, jagged, and higher than the surrounding land?
A mountain
What is the name for when Earth shakes so much that parts of the land rice and fall?
an earthquake
What is erosion?
moving of soil or rocks from one place to another by outside forces.
What is weathering?
the breaking down of rock into small pieces.
What are the 4 layers of the Earth?
Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner Core
Which landform is made when soil is carried by a river and is dropped near the ocean?
How do volcanos rapidly change Earth's surface?
Volcanoes add new land.
There is an ice cube that has been pushed across clay. How can you describe what the ice cube did to the clay?
The ice cube moved the clay aside.
Earth has seasons in which the weather changes between hot and cold. How do these changes help rock turn into soil?
The changes make the rock weak.
What are each of the layers made up of?
crust- solid rock
mantle- soft, hot rock
outer core- liquid metals
inner core- solid metals
What is the difference between a valley and a canyon?
A valley has tall, steep (tall) sides and a river flowing through it. A canyon has steeper (taller) sides than a valley.
When Earth's crust is broken into many pieces. What can happen where two pieces of crust meet?
an earthquake
What is the main type of erosion?
water erosion
What happens when an ice cube pushes across the sand covering clay?
The sand scratches the clay.
Which is a way to tell one kind of landform from another?
by how high up it goes
Which rapid change can cause a crater to form on Earth?
What is a hill?
a hill is raised up land that is rounded at the top.
What happens when a large amount of rock and soil falls down the side of a mountain?
a landslide