Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Landforms
Changes in the Earth's surface
Definitions
100
A mountain with a vent at the is a what?
What is a volcano?
100
Earthquakes move land areas how?
What is up, down, and sideways?
100
Which of these are important landforms? mountains, lakes, and rivers or plains, plateaus, and oceans or mountains, plains, and plateaus or lakes, oceans, and bays
What are mountains, plains, and plateaus?
100
The following changes can happen quickly EXCEPT what? earthquakes, weathering, volcanos erupting, or avalanches
What is weathering?
100
A place where the land meets the ocean is what?
What is a coast?
200
Magma is rock that has become what?
What is thick and hot?
200
Duiring an eartquake, do all of the following EXCEPT cover your head, stay away from objects that can fall, run from a building, or sit under a table or against an inside wall?
What is run from a buildng?
200
All landforms are shaped by what?
What is force?
200
The force that does NOT cause erosion is river action, gravity, wind, or electricity.
What is electricity?
200
A huge mass of moving ice is a what?
What is a glacier?
300
As more lava erupts and spreads, a volcano becomes what?
What is taller and taller?
300
The movement of the blocks that make up the earth's surface can cause a what?
What is an earthquake?
300
A high place with a rounded top is a what?
What is a hill?
300
Much soil is held in place by what?
What is plants and tree roots?
300
A steep wall of rock or soil is a what?
What is a cliff?
400
Magma erupts from the Earth's what?
What is cracks?
400
What out in space can pick up warning signs that an eartquake might happen?
What are satellities?
400
A low area between mountains is a what?
What is a valley?
400
A sanger in traveling through mountains is what?
What is falling rocks?
400
A moving stream of water flowing into a lake or ocean is a what?
What is a river?
500
What islands were formed from volcanoes that reached the ocean's surface?
What is Hawaii and Japan?
500
What can often happen during or just beforethe eruption of a volcano?
What is an eartquake?
500
A large, flat area of lowland is a what?
What is a plain?
500
The carrying away of rocks and soil is what?
What is erosion?
500
A huge body of salt water is a what?
What is an ocean?