Continental Landforms
All the land that water passes over on its way to a bigger body of water - also known as a drainage basin.
Watershed
An underwater volcanic mountain that divides the ocean into two parts.
Mid-Ocean Ridge
A natural process that creates landforms.
Constructive process
Barrier island
Anything that harms the natural environment.
Pollution
A deep valley with high, steep sides. Sometimes there may been a river or stream running through it.
Mostly flat hills and plains on either side of the mid-ocean ridge.
Abyssal plains
A rapid process - shaking and vibrations at the surface of the Earth
Earthquake
Where the river meets the ocean - a mix of freshwater and saltwater.
Estuary
Wise use of natural resources.
Conservation
Wide, flat areas of open spaces.
Plains
Steep sided canyons and narrow valleys on the ocean floor.
Trench
A sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
Landslide
The waterway between barrier islands - higher volume of water during high tide than low tide.
Inlet
To conserve __________ ___________ humans may use cars that run on electricity, car pool or use public transportation.
Fossil fuels
A mountain that has an open crater at the top from which lava, gas and ashes erupt.
Volcano
Where the continent begins to slope down from the shore into the ocean, starts shallow - NOT in the deep ocean
Continental Shelf
A slow process - The movement of sediment from one location to another.
The shoreline, or coast with sand - where the land meets the ocean.
Beach
___________________ is a way to improve air quality.
Low lying land between mountains.
Valley
An volcanic underwater mountain that is not on the mid-ocean ridge often coming out above the water to form an island.
Seamount
The dropping off of sediments in a new location.
Deposition
_________, __________, ___________, and _________ change the way beaches, barrier islands, estuaries, and inlets look over time.
Waves, currents, tides, and storms
__________________ are ways that air is polluted.
Smoke and fumes from burning fuels