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Landforms
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition
Vocabulary
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What is a natural feature of Earth’s surface?
Landform
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Describe a volcano
A landform that forms when lava flows onto Earth’s surface.
100
A __________ is a break in the crust, where rock moves.
What is a fault.
100
What is deposition?
The dropping of soil and rock by rivers and building of new land forms.
100
A sudden Earth change when lava is released from the Earth
What is volcano.
200
How can you describe a mountain?
A landform that forms when land rises much higher than the land around it.
200
What are the three types of volcanoes...
What is composite volcano, shield volcano, and cinder cone volcano.
200
This machine shows the movement of Earth's surface during an earthquake.
What is a seismograph (seismogram)
200
What is an example of a slow change to Earth's surface?
What is erosion.
200
What is a storm that is formed on the ocean?
What is a hurricane.
300
Every island is a body of land surrounded by....
What is... Water
300
What are the layers of the earth in order?
What is crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.
300
Earthquakes are ranked on which type of scale?
What is a Richter Scale
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What is the breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces?
What is weathering.
300
What is a glacier
What is a large moving mass of ice.
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A _____________ is a large mass of rocks and Earth that suddenly and quickly moves down the side of a mountain or hill.
What is Landslide
400
What is the name of the volcano that is short and resembles a hill?
What is a shield volcano.
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What is the area directly above where an earthquake occurs?
What is the epicenter.
400
What is an example of a rapid change to Earth's surface?
What is a landslide, volcano, earthquake, etc.
400
What is a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point?
What is a tornado.
500
These are formed at the ends of rivers.
What is a delta.
500
How are volcanoes beneficial?
Volcanoes are beneficial because the land surrounding the volcanoes are very fertile.
500
Why do earthquakes cause damage to Earth's surface?
Because it is the shaking of Earth's surface.
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When does weathering and erosion occur?
It is continuous.
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What is a large mass of rocks and Earth that suddenly and quickly moves down the side of a mountain or hill?
What is a landslide.