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What is a large land mass called?
Continent
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What is a large body of salt water called?
ocean
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What is the solid, thin, outside covering of the Earth called?
the crust
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what a?re pieces of the Earth's crust called
plates
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What is a mountain built by lava pouring from the Earth?
volcano
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Slow movement of continents and oceans are called..plate tectonics
plate tectonics
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What is the study of places on the Earth and their weather, people, and products?
geography
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What are things a place as a good supply of and that meet people's needs?
resources
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The largest ocean is the a. Arctic b. Atlantic c. Indian d. Pacific
d. Pacific Ocean
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What is it called when the ground is shaking caused by the Earth's plate slipping? a. earthquake b. typhoon c. tsunami d. eruption
a. earthquake
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A tsunami is not a danger to ships at sea. True or False
True
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Active volcanoes may start erupting again? True or False
True
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What are volcanoes that can no longer erupt called? a. active b. dormant c. extinct d. buried
c. extinct
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The average depth of the open ocean in most places is a. 21/2 to 3 miles b 5-6 miles c. 1 mile d. 15 to 20 miles
a. 2 1/2 to 3 miles
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What is hot liquid rock that is still underground called? a. lava b. magma c. volcano d. mantle
b. magma
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The Pacific Ocean has the deepest spot of all oceans called the Mariana Trench. True or False
True
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What is the name of the study of rocks and how they were formed?
Geology
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What is the name of the volcanoes that have not erupted for a long time but still could erupt.
Dormant volcanoes
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What is the name of the active volcanoes encircling the Pacific Ocean?
the Ring of Fire
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What is the name of the two continents that are one huge land mass?
Eurasia (Europe and Asia)
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what are cracks in the Earth's crust called?
Faults
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An earthquake can cause a huge wave called_________.
A tsunami
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What is the name of the center of the Earth that is very very hot?
the core
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Name 3 types of volcanoes
Active, Dormant, and Extinct volcanoes
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Name 3 parts of the Earth
The crust, mantle and the core.