Vocabulary
Earth's Layers
Changing Earth
Landforms
Water
100
This is a piece of land with water on all sides.
What is an island?
100
The outer layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
100
Melting snow and heavy rain can cause this.
What is a landslide?
100
The largest pieces of land on Earth.
What are continents?
100
This covers about three- fourths of the surface of the Earth.
What is are oceans?
200
This is what happens when Earth's crust shakes.
What is an earthquake?
200
The layer of the Earth that is part liquid and part solid.
What is the core?
200
The shaking of Earth's crust.
What is an earthquake?
200
This is the highest kind of land.
What is a mountain?
200
This is a large body of fresh water.
What is a lake?
300
Melting snow and heavy rain can cause this.
What is a landslide?
300
The layer of the Earth just beneath the crust.
What is the mantle?
300
An opening in Earth's crust and mantle.
What is a volcano?
300
This is the low land between mountains.
What is a valley?
300
This is a body of water that flows across the land.
What is a river?
400
This is an opening in the Earth's crust and mantle.
What is a volcano?
400
The layer of the Earth that is the hottest.
What is the core?
400
This can quickly change the Earth's crust.
What are strong earthquakes?
400
This is a very flat land.
What is a plain?
400
This is a small body of fresh water.
What is a pond?
500
Heavy rain that can fall quickly can create this.
What is a flood?
500
This shows the shape of the Earth and its landforms.
What is a globe?
500
This changes Earth slowly.
What is wind and water?
500
This is land that is lower than a mountain.
What is a hill?
500
This is a large body of ice that can change the Earth's surface slowly.
What is a glacier?