Continents
This is the largest continent by both size and population.
What is Asia?
This is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks and fossils to understand how Earth has changed over time?
Geologist
What is the main cause of most earthquakes?
Moving plates
This is the tallest mountain in the world, located in Asia on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
What is Mount Everest?
This continent is entirely south of the equator (mostly) and is home to the Sahara Desert.
What is Africa?
This ocean lies between the Americas and Europe/Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Which type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens?
Igneous rock
Which tool do scientists use to detect and measure earthquakes?
seismograph
This mountain range stretches along the western edge of South America, the longest mountain range in the world.
What are the Andes?
This is the smallest continent by land area.
What is Australia (Oceania)?
This is the smallest and shallowest ocean, located near the North Pole.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
Earth's crust is broken into large moving pieces called...
plates
Which of the following is most likely to trigger a landslide?
a) calm, sunny weather
b) a strong earthquake
c) low ocean tide
d) cool temperatures
a strong earthquake
This is the tallest mountain in Africa, and despite being near the equator, its peak stays snow-capped.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This continent is covered almost entirely by ice and has no permanent human population.
What is Antarctica?
This ocean surrounds Antarctica.
What is the Southern (Antarctic) Ocean?
___________________________ is molten rock while it is still underground. Once it reaches
Earth's surface, it is called ______________________________.
Magma, Lava
What describes a chain of volcanoes that forms as a plate slowly moves over a fixed plume of magma?
Hot sport
This mountain range runs through much of Europe, separating countries like France, Switzerland, and Italy from one another.
What are the Alps?
This continent contains both Canada and Mexico.
What is North America?
This ocean is bordered by Africa, Asia, and Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces of sediment is called
____________________________, while the movement of that sediment to a new place is
called ________________________________.
weathering, erosion
A ____________________________ is a wave or series of waves caused by a large displacement of ocean water, often from an underwater earthquake.
Tsunami
This mountain range in North America stretches from Canada down through the western United States.
What are the Rocky Mountains?