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Earth's Landforms
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Earth's Water Features
Shaping Earth's Surface
100
Rises high above the groound
What is a mountain
100
what is a volcano that is still erupting
What is an active volcano
100
a sudden shake on earth's surface
What is an earthquake
100
a large body of salt water
What is an ocean
100
The process that breaks down rock into small pieces is called.....
What is weathering
200
a wide, flat area
What is a plain
200
what is lava inside a volcano
What is magma
200
when do earthquakes occur
when layers of rock that are stuck together and suddenly slip
200
a natural stream water falling from a high place
What is a waterfall
200
when rock and soil on a slope become loose
What is a landslide
300
the low land between hills or mountains
What is a valley
300
where are most volcanoes found
where plate tectonics meet
300
an instrument that detects and measures waves made by an earthquake
What is a seismometer
300
a body of water surrounded by land
What is a lake
300
pieces of weathered rock are moved from place to place by....
What is erosion
400
an area with very little precipitation
What is a desert
400
a sleeping volcano
What is a dormant volcano
400
name three different kind of waves
What is primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves
400
a small river or a stream
What is a tributary
400
slow-moving rivers can flow in gentle loops called...
What is meandres
500
a flat land that is higher than the land around it
What is a plateau
500
name three active volcanoes
What is composite, shield, cinder cone
500
how many stations do you need to find the epicenter
you need three
500
the mass of land that forms at the mouth of a river
What is a delta
500
the running water of ____ erodes rock and soil and washes it downstream
What is sediment