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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural land shape/feature | landform |
| All kinds of landforms in a certain place | topography |
| Large/thick sheet of ice | glacier |
| hill of sand, formed by wind | sand dune |
| Water Eriosen can _______ _______. | form canyons |
| You hike on a moraine. How can you tell? | you see bits of rock, sand, & clay |
| area of new land at the mouth of a river | delta |
| large hole from collapsed cave roof | sink hole |
| What is not a cause of weathering? | river carrying sediment & sand downstream |
| plants... | break down rocks into smaller pieces/ preserves landforms by preventing eriosin |
| ice... | creates moraines/ forms glacier grooves |
| wind... | carries sediment/ weathers landforms |
| break in Earth's crust | fault |
| mountain made of lava, ash, etc. | volcano |
| shaking of ground caused by sudden release of energy in crust. | earthquake |
| molten rock beneath earth's surface | magma |
| plates float on earth's second layer called the _______. | mantle |
| chain volcanos are formed when | a plate moves over a hot spot |
| two sponges rubbing againts each other models | plates rubbing together |
| a shaken can of soda models | how a volcano has preasure build up |