Landforms Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Word | Definition |
mantle | middle layer of the earth made up of thick hot rock |
magma | melted rock; lava |
continents | large land areas |
plate tectonics | Theory in geology that the earth's crust is made up of huge, moving plates of rock |
fault | cracks in the earth's crust |
earthquake | violent shaking of the earth |
tsunamis | huge waves caused by an earthquakes on the ocean floor |
weathering | rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by water, chemicals, or frost |
erosion | weathering away the earth's surface by water, wind, and ice |
plateau | flat landform whose surface is raised abvoe the surrounding land, with a steep cliff on one side |
isthmus | a narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land |
peninsula | a piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides |
strait | a narrow body of water between two pieces of land |
atmosphere | air surrounding the Earth |
core | center later of the earth, made of hot iron and nickel |
crust | outer layer of the earth |
landforms | a kind of land, such as a plain, hill, mountain, valley, peninsula, river, lake, or island |
island | a body of land smaller than a continent and surrounded by water |
Arctic | North of Europe |
Mediterraenean | South of Europe |
Atlantic | West of Europe |
Divides No & So Europe | Pyrennes, Alps, Carpathians, Balkins |
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