Fast Changes
The rapid downward slide of rocks and mud.
What is a landslide?
An area of land that is surrounded by water on all sides.
What is island?
Resources that are alive are called...
What is living resources?
A mountain or hill made by hot rocks and gases moving to the surface of Earth from deep inside the earth.
What is a volcano?
A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and hummus (plant and animal remains).
What is soil?
A raised mound of land that is smaller than a mountain.
What is a hill?
Resources that are not alive are called...
What is nonliving resources?
A sudden release of energy under Earth's surface that makes the ground shake or crack.
What is an earthquake?
The breakdown of rocks into small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice.
What is weathering?
Low land between mountains or hills.
What is a valley?
Resources that are available or can be reproduced are called...
What are renewable resources?
The moving of broken down rock from one place to another.
What is erosion?
A flat highland area with one steep face, usually higher than surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
Resources that cannot be reproduced once they are used are called...
What are nonrenewable resources?
When broken down pieces of rock are deposited in another location.
What is deposition?
A tall, rocky area of land that is much higher than the surrounding land.
What is a mountain?
To save or not use something.
What is conserve?