definitions
vocabulary
definitions 2
vocabulary 2
mixed
100
Core and Peak
innermost layer of the earth-----the top of a hill or mountain
100
resource that can't be naturally replaced after it has been used
What is Nonrenewable
100
what is measured in miles or kilometers
What is Elevation
100
Triangular/fan shaped piece of land made by deposits of mud or sand at the mouth of a river
What is Delta
100
core
What is which layer is made up of iron and nickel?
200
crust
What is outermost layer of the earth
200
height above sea level--- and an area of lowland between ranges of hills or mountains
What is Elevation and valley
200
water from rain or snow that flows over the surface of the ground eventually into streams
What is Runoff
200
A stream that flows into a larger stream or body of water
What is Tributary
200
crust and plateau
What is made up of rock and loose material---and a broad, flat area of high land
300
mantle
What is thick layer of the earth made up of hot rock
300
S-shaped turn or winding of a stream
What is Meander
300
resource capable of being replaced in nature such as water or trees
What is renewable
300
molten rock flowing inside a volcano and molten rock flowing outside a volcano
What is Magma is inside and Lava is outside
300
Mantle
What is locted between the crust and core
400
Volcano
What is an opening in the Earth from which hot gases smoke and molten and lave are emitted
400
weathering away the earth's surface by water wind, icem and humans
What is erosion
400
process where sediment is carried by water wind and dropped off
What is Deposition
400
Rocks broken down into smaller pieces by watero r chemicals
What is weathering
400
a type of map that uses contour lines to show elevation of land
What is Topographic
500
Mountain
What is large lanform with an elevation higher than a hill
500
A scientist who studies landforms---- and what is any natural formation of rock and dift called found on earth
What is Geologist and Landform
500
flat land near a river that experiences occasional flooding ----and a deep, steep-sided narrow valley
What is flood plain and canyon
500
A slant or incline-----and a huge mass of slowly moving ice
What is slope and glacier
500
cracks in the earth's crust--- and the shaking or trembling of a portion of lanf along fault lines
What is fault and earthquake