Process of dropping sediment in a new location is called.....
Deposition
100
Name 3 land features created by water erosion.
deltas, beaches, canyons, sinkholes, floodplains
100
True or False: Many earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
True, because this area sits on the boundaries of a plate.
100
True or False: Volcanoes happen along an area known as the "Ring of Flames".
False, it is actually called the Ring of Fire
100
What do we call the center, and hottest layer of earth?
Core
200
True or False: Water freezing and later expanding causing rocks to break apart is an example of weathering.
True.
200
Name 1 land feature created by ice erosion.
Terminal Moraine
200
What is the name for a place where pieces of the crust move?
Fault
200
What do we call hot, soft rock from the mantle?
Magma
200
True of False: There is no wind or water on the moon to assist in the process of erosion.
True, because of this any tracks, footprints or other land features would take hundreds of years to erode.
300
Daily Double!!
What are the 3 surface processes that change landforms? (Must be given in chronological order)
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
300
Name 3 land features that are created by wind erosion.
arches, tables, dunes
300
Most earthquakes start as stored up, or ______________energy in the rock.
potential
300
Magma that reaches earth's surface is called____________.
lava
300
What is the name of the Supercontinent on Earth millions of years ago?
Pangea
400
This famous Arizona landmark is visited by 5 million tourists a year and is a great example of how water weathers rocks.
Grand Canyon
400
What do we call the downhill shifting of rock and soil because of gravity?
Mass Movement.
400
The plates that make up the crust are known as __________ plates.
Tectonic
400
If the center of the earth is the hottest part, then why is it solid?
This solid is formed because of the great pressure at the center of earth.
400
Daily Double!!
The North American and European plates are moving away from each other, in turn which ocean is thought to be getting wider?
The Atlantic Ocean
500
Weathering breaks rock into soil, sand, and other tiny pieces, or particles called____________.
sediment.
500
This land feature forms after Carbonic Acid dissolves limestone, forming huge holes. When enough rock has dissolved, land over the weakened area collapses.
Sinkhole
500
The center of an earthquake is called_______________.
focus
500
Besides a volcano, what is another earth feature that allows pressure to be released from inside the earth?
geyser.
500
What is the term for the theory describing how continents moved over the Earth's surface?