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Question | Answer |
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a natural land shape or feature | land form |
Is all the kinds of landforms in a certain area | topography |
is a hill that is made and shaped by the wind | sand dune |
a shaking of the earth's surface caused by movement of rock in the earth's crust | earthquake |
the process of moving sediment by wind, water, ice | erosion |
an area of new land at the mouth of a river | delta |
melted rock that is beneath Earth's surface | magma |
processess that break down the earth's surface | destruction |
the process that builds up or creates landforms on earth's surface | constructive |
a crack in the earth's crust | fault |
a person who studies earthquakes | seismologist |
2 ways humans change landforms | building dams and dredging sand |
one way floods can be constructive | signal fish that it is time to mate |
another way that floods can be constructive | some plants grow best under flood conditions |
one way floods are DESTRUCTIVE | can cause farmers to lose entire fields of crops |
another way floods are DESTRUCTIVE | can damage houses and towns |
what equipment does a seismologist use | seismograph |