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Weathering
Erosion
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Vocab Grab Bag
100
This is what we call Earth's crust when we are standing on it.
What is the ground?
100
The process of moving weathered pieces of rock.
What is erosion?
100

What is a volcano?

A mountain with a tunnel reaching into the Earth's mantle (where magma is found).

100
An earthquake occurs when two __________ meet.

What is tectonic plates? 

100
the breaking up of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
200
Mountains, valleys, hills, plains, plateaus, peninsulas....
What are landforms?
200
These are two things than can carry the weathered rock from one place to another.
What wind, water, ice, etc (give two)?
200
Magma that makes it out of the volcano.
What is lava?
200

The meeting of two plates is called this.

What are faults?

200
The moving of weathered material
What is erosion?
300
The process of Earth's crust being broken down into smaller and smaller pieces?
What is weathering?
300
This is when the material is placed down somewhere new.
What is deposition?
300
What scientist call a volcano that has not erupted in a long time.
What is dormant.
300
A state in the United States where earthquakes are common.
What is California?
300

the laying down of weathered material

What is deposition?

400
When only the size of the rocks is changed...
What is physical weathering?
400

Gravity can cause this rapid change.

What is landslide or avalanche?

400

Name one volcano in our world.

Answers may vary!

400
Two effects of earthquakes...
What are fires, damaged buildings and roads.
400
two ways that gravity can cause very rapid deposition
What are landslides and avalanches?
500
When the material that makes up the rock or soil is changed...
What is chemical weathering?
500

Put the changes to Earth's surface in the correct order: deposition, weathering, erosion

weathering, erosion, deposition

500
Where can most volcanoes be found?
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
This causes earthquakes...
What is pressure on the rocks where two plates come together.
500
Volcanoes and Earthquakes both tend to occur near....
What are faults?