Vocabulary
An opening on Earth's surface from which lava flows
What is Volcano?
The shaking of Earth's surface.
What is Earthquake
What is a very slow type of erosion that moves rocks and soil?
What is Creep
Which of these is a low area? A-mesa B-mountain C-plateau D-Valley
What is a Valley?
What is molten rock that flows from volcanoes called?
What is Lava?
A flat area higher than the land around it.
What is plateau?
A valley with steep sides.
What is Canyon
an area of low land between areas of higher land
What is a valley?
a string of volcanoes can be found around the Pacific Ocean
What is the ring of fire?
Give 3 examples of a landform.
What is mountains, plains, valleys, plateaus?
the natural features that make up the Earth's surface
What is a landform?
A huge block of ice.
What is Glacier
Where do most earthquakes happen? A-on buttes B-at faults C-on plains D-in valleys
What is a fault?
Which of these is an effect of weathering? A-mountain building B-water freezing C-volcano erupting D-rock splitting
What is rock splitting?
Which type of landform is in the middle of North America?
What is Plain?
The movement of weathered rock and soil.
What is Erosion?
the theory that Earth's crust is made up of rigid plates that are pushed by forces inside the planet and move
What is plate tectonics?
Which type of landform is a kind of mountain? A-volcano B-plain C-plateau D-valley
What is Volcano?
Which of the following does NOT cause weathering? A-plant roots B-soil C-water D-wind
What is soil?
a tool that measures and records the magnitude and duration of ground movement
What is a seismograph?
The way rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.
What is Weathering?
A flat-topped hill with steep sides.
What is a Butte
earth can be change by a landslide or mudslide
What is land mass movement?
List the ways in which landforms can be changed by nature
What is Earth Crust movement, land mass movement, erosion and weathering?
areas of very old rock that make up continents and were formed from ancient mountain regions that have been worn down millions of years
What is a shield?