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Earth's Layers
Landforms
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Weathering and Erosion
100
What is the name of the outer layer of the Earth, where we live?
Crust
100
What landform is a plain that is higher than the land around it?
Plateau
100
What is it called when lava starts to come out of a volcano?
Eruption
100
What is the shaking from an earthquake called?
Vibration
100
What causes erosion by pulling rocks and soil downhill?
Gravity
200
What is the inside layer of the Earth, that is made of metal?
Core
200
What is the main force that shapes landforms?
Moving water
200
What part of the volcano is at the top, where the lava comes out?
Crater
200
Where do most earthquakes happen?
Along faults
200
What causes erosion when it carries away soil from hilly farms?
Rainwater
300
What is the name of the layer of the Earth that is made of hot igneous and metamorphic rock?
Mantle
300
Which landform covers 75% of the Earth's surface and is salt water?
Ocean
300
What is the name of the hot, pasty rock that moves in the mantle of the Earth?
Magma
300
What pattern do vibrations from earthquakes travel in?
Waves
300
Name on thing that can cause erosion.
Wind, water, gravity, glaciers
400
What is the Earth's crust made out of?
Different kinds of rock
400
What landform is a low, narrow area on the crust, sometimes formed by rivers?
Valley
400
What layer of the Earth is formed as lava cools and hardens?
Crust
400
What are the downhill movement of rocks and dirt caused by earthquakes?
Landslides
400
What is the movement of weathered materials called?
Erosion
500
What are the names of the two parts of Earth's core?
Inner core and Outer core
500
What landform forms when the flow of water slows enough to fill an area?
Lake
500
What is the place on the side of a volcano where lava can come out?
Side vent
500
Where are the 2 places landslides can happen?
Hills/mountains and ocean floor
500
What is the name of an action that breaks rock into smaller pieces?
Weathering