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The process of wearing away and moving sediment by wind, moving water, or ice...
A. Landform
B. Weathering
C. Deposition
D. Erosion
D. Erosion
The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake...
A. Fault
B. Epicenter
C. Levee
D. Seismic Waves
B. Epicenter
Used in flood control- A structure built to hold back water...
A. Dam
B. Levee
C. Storm Drain
D. Seismograph
A. Dam
The waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the Earth or an explosion. They are energy that travels through the Earth and is recorded on seismographs...
A. Earthquake
B. Seismology
C. Seismologist
D. Seismic Waves
D. Seismic Waves
The process of wearing away rocks by natural processes...
A. Erosion
B. Weathering
C. Seismology
D. Seismologist
B. Weathering
A section of earth's crust and mantle that fits together with other sections like puzzle pieces...
A. Topography
B. Fault
C. Seismology
D. Plate
D. Plate
A mountain made of lava, ash, or other materials from eruptions that occur at an opening in Earth's crust...
A. Volcano
B. Magma
C. Lava
D. Earthquake
A. Volcano
A drain that carries away unwanted rain or surface water...
A. Storm drain
B. Dam
C. Levee
D. Beach Restoration
A. Storm drain
A hill of sand, made and shaped by wind...
A. Seismic wave
B. Cave
C. Sinkhole
D. Sand Dune
D. Sand Dune
A movement of the ground, caused by a sudden release of energy in Earth's crust...
A. Seismology
B. Earthquake
C. Seismic Waves
D. Epicenter
B. Earthquake
Molten (melted) rock that reaches Earth's surface...
A. Magma
B. Plate
C. Fault
D. Lava
D. Lava
Soil or other material built up in order to prevent a river from overflowing...
A. Levee
B. Dam
C. Storm Drain
D. Jetty
A. Levee
All the kinds of landforms in a certain place...
A. Epicenter
B. Plate
C. Topography
D. Fault
C. Topography
A large hole formed when the roof of a cave collapses...
A. Sinkhole
B. Plate
C. Epicenter
D. Fault
A. Sinkhole
Molten (Melted) rock beneath Earth's surface...
A. Volcano
B. Magma
C. Cave
D. Lava
B. Magma
The study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the Earth...
A. Seismograph
B. Earthquake
C. Seismic Waves
D. Seismology
D. Seismology
A natural land shape or feature...
A. Earthquake
B. Landform
C. Topography
D. Delta
B. Landform
An area of new land at the mouth of a river, formed from sediments carried by the river...
A. Levee
B. Delta
C. Sinkhole
D. Dam
B. Delta
A break in Earth's crust...
A. Fault
B. Plate
C. Seismologist
D. Earthquake
A. Fault
A scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the Earth...
A. Seismic Waves
B. Seismograph
C. Seismologist
D. Seismology
C. Seismologist