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a natural land shape or feature
What is a landform?
100
a shaking of Earth's surface, caused by movement of rock in the crust
What is an earthquake?
100
plate movement causes both __________ and volcanic eruptions
What is an earthquake?
100
the ______ is Earth's layer that contains soft areas on which plates float
What is the mantle?
100
this is how a mountain is formed
What is where plates come together and when a plate has to much pressure on the edges and it cracks?
200
hot, molten rock
What is magma?
200
a mountain that forms as molten rock flows through a crack onto Earth's surface
What is volcano?
200
a bowl of jello would be a good way to make a model for an ________ because plates in the lithosphere on soft, melted rocks
What is earthquake?
200
some causes of wheathering
What is wind and water?
200
this is what the weathering process would do to rocks being carried down the river
What is the rocks would get smaller and smoother?
300
a hill of sand, made and shaped by wind
What is a sand dune?
300
a crack in the crust
What is a fault?
300
a volcano erupts under ________
What is pressure?
300
this process most likely formed the Grand Canyon
What is water erosion?
300
this is what protects the beach by preventing the current from carrying away the sand
What is reefs, jetties, and beach restoration?
400
surface landforms of an area
What is topography?
400
a barrier to protect the land that traps sand and rocks
What is a jetty?
400
chains of volcanoes are formed when plates move over a _______
What is hot spot?
400
this is where a delta would most likely be found
What is the mouth of a river?
400
this person uses GPS technology to measure the movement of faults during an earthquake
What is a seismologist?