The layer of earth that makes up the continents and the land under the oceans.
What is the crust
200
the shaking of earth due to movement of plates
What is an earthquake
200
More deposition occurs when a river moves like this
What is slowly
200
A trace fossil like a footprint can tell us this about an animal that lived long ago.
What is it's size/weight/how fast it moved
300
A large, flat rolling surface with no highlands or deep valleys
What is a plain
300
The layer of earth just under the crust.
What is the mantle
300
This type of volcano has a steep peak, layers of lava, rock and ash, and is usually erupts explosively.
What is a composite volcano
300
A large slow moving mass of ice
What is a glacier
300
When wood is replaced by minerals that then hardens into rock
What is petrified
400
formed by the movement of sand and sediment by the wind
What is a dune
400
this keeps the inner core of Earth solid
What is pressure
400
Hawaii is an example of this kind of volcano
What is a shield volcano
400
these are created over a long period of time by wind blowing sand and sediment
What is dunes
400
The remains of once living things that have been preserved
What is a fossil
500
at the ends of rivers, formed by the slow movement of sand and sediment
What is a delta
500
make up the crust and upper mantle, move to form different landforms
What is plates
500
This type of volcano is small with steep sides and shoots chunks of rock into the air.
What is a cinder cone volcano
500
The wearing away of rock and soil by moving water
What is erosion
500
Scientists use this to help them understand better what was living during each part of history. It contains 4 different eras - Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic