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changing landforms
mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes
Earth's changing surface
more mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes
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A physical feature on Earth's surface, such as a mountain or valley is
landform
100
The sudden release of energy, causing the earth to shake is this.
earthquake
100
This is the name for the "super continent" from thousands of years ago
Pangea
100
The layer of rock under Earth's crust is called this.
mantle
200
What is the process of breaking rock into soil and other particles (sediment) called?
weathering
200
What is the center of Earth called?
core
200
The remains of an animal that once lived many years ago are these.
fossils
200
What is a rigid block of Earth's crust and upper mantle rock called?
plate
300
This is the process of moving sediment from one place to another.
erosion
300
A break in Earth's crust, where pieces of the crust move is this.
fault
300
Name the theory that continents move over Earth's surface.
continental drift
300
Lava is magma that reaches the Earth's surface through an opening of what?
volcano
400
Name the mass movement that is VERY slow.
creep
400
Hot, soft rock from Earth's lower mantle is called...
magma
400
Earth's core's center is described as this.
solid
400
What's the difference between lava and magma?
lava is magma that reached Earth's surface
500
The part of Earth that we live on is called what?
crust
500
Name the three ways the plates interact.
push together, pull apart, and slide past each other