Landforms
What do you call a large body of moving water?
A river
What do you call land with steep sides and a flat top?
A plateau
A volcano
What do we call the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?
Weathering
What is the name for land that borders the ocean?
The coast
What is the name for a body of water that is surrounded by land?
A lake
What is the deepest, hottest layer of the earth called?
What happens when there is a sudden movement in the rocks in earth's crust?
An earthquake
What is the movement of weathered rock by things such as wind, moving water, and glaciers?
Erosion
What is the tallest type of landform that has steep sides and a pointed top?
A mountain
What do you call land that is wide and flat?
A plain
Which layer of the earth is just below the crust?
The mantle
What do we call the melted rock below the earth's crust?
magma
What do you call land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
A peninsula
What is a deep valley with steep sides? (These often have a river flowing through them.)
A canyon
Earth's core can be divided into two parts. What are those parts called?
The outer core and the inner core
What do we call the melted rock that flows out when a volcano erupts?
lava
What do you call the low land that is surrounded by hills or mountains?
A valley
What is land with water all around it?
An island
Which of the earth's layers is the coolest?