Chapter 4
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| core | Earth's center, where pressures and temperatures are very high
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| mantle | The section of Earth's interior that lies above the outer core and has the most mass
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| magma | Liquid rock within Earth
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| plate tectonics | The theory Earth's crust is divided into rigid plates that slowly move across the upper mantle
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| continental drift | The process by which Earth's plates slowly move across the upper mantle
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| rift valleys | Places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks
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| abyssal plains | Areas of the ocean floor where rocks gradually sink because they have no supporting heat below them; the world's flattest and smoothest regions
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| continental shelves | Areas where continental surfaces extend under the shallow ocean water around the continents
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| trench | A deep valley marking a collision of plates, where one plate slide under another
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| folds | Places where rocks have been compressed into bends by colliding areas
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| faults | Places where rock masses have been broken apart and moving away from each other
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| weathering | The process by which rocks break and decay over time
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| sediment | Small particles of weathered rock
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| erosion | Movement of surface material from one location to another by water, wind, and ice
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| glaciers | Thick masses of ice, including great ice sheets and bodies of ice that flow down mountains like slow rivers
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| plateau | An elevated flatland that rises sharply above nearby land on at least one side
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| alluvial fan | Fan-shaped deposit of mud and gravel often found along the bases of mountains
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| delta | Accumulation of sediment at the mouth of a river
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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