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a rocky place on Earth's surface that is much higher than the land around it
What is a mountain?
100
an area of land that is completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
100
the way rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
100
the shaking of Earth's surface caused by the movement of the crust where it meets the mantle
What is an earthquake?
200
a flat area on Earth's surface
What is a plain?
200
a sloped area of land that is taller than the land around it
What is a hill?
200
the movement of weathered rock and soil
What is erosion?
200
an opening in the Earth's surface from which lava flows
What is a volcano?
300
a lowland are between higher lands such as mountains
What is a valley?
300
an area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
300
huge sheets of ice
What are glaciers?
300
a large amount of water that covers normally dry land
What is a flood?
400
a deep valley with very steep sides
What is a canyon?
400
a thin island near a coast and has a wide, sandy beach
What is a barrier island?
400
a slow type of erosion and the movement of soil down steep hills
What is creep?
400
One bad effect and one good effect of floods
What is the destruction of buildings and rich soil?
500
a flat area higher than the land around it
What is a plateau?
500
a piece of land that forms at the mouth of a river and is often shaped like a triangle
What is a delta?
500
a type of glacier that forms near mountain peaks
What is a valley glacier?
500
liquid rock that comes from a volcano
What is ash?