Types of Landforms
Earth's Layers
Slow Changes
Quick Changes
Mixed Review
100
The highest landform
What is a mountain
100
The number of layers that make up the Earth
What are 3
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering
100
The shaking of Earth's surface caused by movement in Earth's crust
What is an earthquake
100
The remains of a living thing that died a long time ago
What are fossils
200
A flat area higher than the land around it
What is a plateau
200
The name of the outside layer
What is the crust
200
The movement of weathered rock and soil
What is erosion
200
An opening in Earth's surface from which lava flows
What is a volcano
200
The three types of rocks
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
300
A valley with steep sides
What is a canyon
300
The name of the middle layer
What is mantle
300
A huge sheet of moving ice
What is a glacier
300
A large amount of water that covers normally dry land
What is a flood
300
A solid object found in nature that has never been alive
What is a mineral
400
A wide, flat area
What is a plain
400
The name of the inner layer
What is core
400
True or False Moving water can cause erosion
What is True
400
Where most earthquakes in the United States occur
What is California
400
A naturally formed solid made of one or more minerals
What is a rock
500
A low area between higher land such as mountains
What is a valley
500
The layer where landforms are found
What is crust
500
True or False Erosion can take hundreds or thousands of years to change land
What is True
500
True or False Floodwater may contain a lot of sediment
What is True. This may cause a dark brown color
500
What always comes before erosion
What is weathering