Earth's Surface
Natural Disasters
Landforms
The Sea Floor
Bottoms Up!
100
A section of the lithosphere is called
What is plate
100
As one plate moves below another plate, rock partially melts into magma. Magma is forced to the surface through a weak spot. This action is called an
What is volcanic eruption or volcanoe
100
A large stream of water that follows a specific course
What is river
100
Wavelike patterns formed on the ocean floor by the motion of water
What is ripples
100
Any substance that harms the environment.
What is pollution
200
The edges where Earth's plates meet
What is plate boundaries
200
This disaster happens along faults or cracks in Earth's lithosphere.
What is Earthquake
200
Loosens sediments from the soil and carry them away.
What is rain
200
Very flat regions of the ocean
What is abyssal plains
200
A large area in which trash is buried.
What is Landfill
300
When two plates move into each other
What is converging boundaries
300
A group of large waves that happens in the middle of the ocean
What is tsunami
300
Large masses of ice
What is glaciers.
300
Rocks, soil, sand that are deposited to the bottom of the ocean
What is sediments
300
Sun, wind, moving water and energy from inside the Earth
What is inexhaustible resources
400
When two plates move away from each other
What is spreading plate boundary
400
Large amounts of snow and ice that fall rapidly down a mountain.
What is avalanche
400
Form because of erosion by waves
What is inlets
400
Something that meets needs
What is resources
400
Resources that cannot be replaced
What is nonrenewable resources
500
These two forces, one builds new features and the other tears away or wears away features
What is constructive and destructive forces
500
Rapid downhill movement of a large amount of rock and soil
What is landslide
500
When sand is deposited offshore
What is sandbars form
500
Something that meets energy needs
What is energy resource
500
Resources that can be replaced
What is renewable resources
M
e
n
u