How Did Earth Form
Earth's layers are.
What is Crust, Mantle, Lithosphere, and Asthenosphere?
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Earth's Magnetic Field Recalls that the Earth's inner core spins faster than what.
what is the Outer Core?
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Mountains, plains, Plateaus, canyons, and other features are called what.
What is a Landform?
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Plains are relatively flat and low.
What is Plateaus?
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The U.S. has a variety of land forms.
What are flat plains?
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Earth is formed by.
Whats the Influence of Gravity?
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True or False. Trapped particles and Earth's Magnetic field form a shield around Earth.
What is true
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Oceans cover more then how much percent of the Earth's Surface.
what is 70 percent?
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Plateau, Mountains, and Plains.
What are the major Landforms?
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These plains formed millions of years ago when sediments were deposited on the Ocean floor.
What are Coastal Plains?
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you describe the Earth by what.
What are size and the shape of the Earth?
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True or False. Earth's Magnetic field is produced by the movement of molten materials in the outer core.
What is true
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True or False. From it's rim to the canyon floor, Monterey Canyon reaches a maximum depth of about 1,920 m.
What is true
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Height above sea level.
What is elevation?
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This flat, grassy area has thick soils and is well suited for growing crop and gazing animals.
What are interior plains?
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The Earth systems are what.
What are the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere, and Cryosphere?
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Earths magnetic field protects Earth from cosmic rays and charged particles coming from the sun is called what.
What is a magnetosphere?
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The largest mountain range on Earth are near the centers of the ocean is the.
What is the Monterey Canyon?
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Some land forms or areas described as having low what.
What is Relief?
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Erosion has reduced their average elevation to about 2,000 m.
What are Appalachian Mountains?
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Land forms are topographic features formed by processes that shape Earth's surface.
What is Elevation, Relief, Topography, Plains, Plateaus, and Mountains?
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Just like in the Asthenosphere, the effects of temperature outweigh the effects of pressure in the what.
what is a Outer Core?
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Many of the features that appear on dry land, such as mountains, valleys, and canyons, also appear on what floor.
What is the Ocean floor?
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The shape of a geographic area.
What is Topography?
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It formed when forces within Earth lifted up huge sections of Earth's crust is what.
What is Colorado Plateau?
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