Earth's Surface
Lanforms
Earth Movements
Volcanoes
Rocks, weathering and Erosion
100
Rocky outer layer
What is crust
100
Land surrounded by water
What is an island
100
Cracks or breaks in the earth's crust
What is a fault
100
Hot, molten rock
What is magma
100
Rocks formed when sand, pebbles and rocks are layered on top of each other and pressed together
What is Sedimentary Rock
200
Parts of the crust above the oceans
What are continents
200
Flat, grassy land
What are plains
200
A sudden shift in the earth's crust when plates move past each other
What is an earthquake
200
Melted rock outside a volcano
What is lava
200
Rock formed by cooling and hardening of hot, molten rock
What is Igneous Rock
300
Layer below the crust, rock flows slowly
What is mantle
300
Deep, narrow river valleys
What is a canyon
300
Movement of the continents
What is the continental drift
300
Opening in a volcano that magma may flow through
What is the main vent
300
Rock formed from heat and pressure
What is Metamorphic Rock
400
Liquid metal layer
What is outer layer
400
Low places between mountains
What are valleys
400
Energy given off in an earthquake
What are vibrations
400
Pocket of magma
What is a magma chamber
400
Occurs when rock fragments are moved by some force of nature
What is Erosion
500
Solid metal center
What is inner core
500
High, flat lands
What are plateaus
500
Name of the large continent that cracked and drifted apart to form our continents today
What is Pangaea
500
Smaller opening that magma may flow through
What is a secondary vent
500
Weathering is when rock is broken down into smaller pieces. Name the four ways weathering can occur.
What is water, ice, wind and gravity