Physical Patterns
Landform Changes
Elevation
Challenges of Natural Forces
100
A release of energy through the earth’s crust because of changes taking place beneath it.
What is an earthquake
100
This city was destroyed by a massive earthquake back in 1906
What is San Francisco
100
Maps that use contour lines to show elevation are known as
What is a Topographic map
100
The area where over 90% of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes are located is known as
What is The Ring of Fire
200
Depressions in the land formed by moving water, moving ice, or moving land
What is a valley
200
The earth's crust is also sometimes called
What is lithosphere
200
The difference in elevation between two consecutive lines is a
What is a contour interval
200
The place on the earth’s surface directly above where the shock occurs
What is the Epicentre
300
These types of mountains are the most common type of mountain in the world
What are Fold Mountains
300
Plates that grind past each other side by side are known as
What is a Transform Plate boundary
300
This landform is likely to have very few contour lines when sketching a contour map
What is a Plain
300
A tool that measures and records the size and magnitude of movements of the ground, in particular, earthquakes, is known as
What is a Seismograph
400
This type of valley is created when ice moves over rock or land and carries material away
What is a U-shaped valley
400
The natural force that breaks down rock into smaller particles
What is weathering
400
Map makers use both contour lines and "blank" to show elevation on a map
What is colour
400
When constructing buildings, the most stable of designs will be in the shape of a
What is a triangle
500
Landforms are created through a process known as
What is Plate Tectonics
500
Resources such as minerals and ore deposits (gold, silver, nickel, iron, copper) are taken from the land using this process
What is mining
500
Lines on a map used to join places of equal height/elevation above sea level are
What are contour lines
500
An earthquake above "blank" magnitude is considered a major earthquake
What is 7.0
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