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Chap. 9 Weiser
Question | Answer |
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You are most likely to find a delta: | near a river's mouth |
A natural shape or feature of Earth's surface is a _______________. | landform |
You can tell a landform is a moraine if it has: | bits of crushed rock, sand, or boulders |
A ____________ is a break in Earth's crust. | fault |
A __________ __________is most likely produced by windblown sand. | sand dune |
A large, thick sheet of ice is called a____________. | glacier |
Volcanoes are formed when: | a plate moves over a hot spot |
______________ ________________causes both earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. | Plate movement |
__________________ is all the kinds of landforms in a certain place. | Topography |
Which is the correct order of these processes? deposition, erosion, weathering | weathering-erosion-deposition |
Molten rock beneath Earth's surface is called ______________. | magma |
Which of Earth's layers contains soft areas on which plates float? | mantle |
A mountain made of lava, ash, and other materials from eruptions is a ________________. | volcano |
A ________________is produced when an underground cave collapses. | sinkhole |
A hill of sand formed and shaped by wind is called a ____________ ____________. | sand dune |
An ________________is the movement of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in Earth's crust. | earthquake |
True or False A river carrying sand and sediment downstream is a cause of weathering. | False |
The landform of sand and other material deposited at the mouth of a river is called a _____________. | delta |