Magma that has broken through Earth's crust and is on the surface
What is LAVA?
100
The circulation of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again
What is the WATER CYCLE?
200
The process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces through heat, water, or other means
What is WEATHERING?
200
A giant ocean wave
What is a TIDAL WAVE?
200
Neither very hot or very cold
What is TEMPERATE?
200
An imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. It divide Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
What is the EQUATOR?
200
A landform of level ground made up of sediment deposited by a river or stream
What is a FLOODPLAIN?
300
A small river that feeds into a larger river
What is a TRIBUTARY?
300
A giant stream of ocean water which courses through the oceans like a giant river
What is a CURRENT?
300
An area on Earth at or near the equator
What is a TROPIC?
300
The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is CLIMATE?
300
The theory that Earth's surface is divided into several major, slow-moving plates or pieces
What is PLATE TECTONICS?
400
Melted rock within the Earth
What is MAGMA?
400
The regular, rhythmic rise and fall of ocean waters
What is a TIDE?
400
A wet land with thick vegetation and tall trees that block out the sunlight
What is a RAIN FOREST?
400
Plant life
What is VEGETATION?
400
A crack in Earth's crust where a huge mass of rock, such as a plate, is in motion
What is a FAULT?
500
The process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new location
What is DEPOSITION?
500
A deep ocean valley
What is a TRENCH?
500
Very dry with little rainfall
What is ARID?
500
The three steps that make up the water cycle
What are EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION, and PRECIPITATION?
500
The process of moving sediment; shapes Earth's surface