Earth's Land And Water

Front 1

Define Seas

Back 1

Large bodies of salt water, smaller than oceans, and may be partly or completely surrounded by land

Front 2

Define oceans

Back 2

Large bodies of salt water that surround continents.

Front 3

What ocean borders SC?

Back 3

Atlantic ocean.

Front 4

Define lakes

Back 4

Large bodies of fresh or salt water that are completely surrounded by land.

Front 5

Define ponds

Back 5

Small bodies of fresh or salt water that are completely surrounded by land.

Front 6

Define Rivers

Back 6

Large flowing bodies of water that usually empty into seas or oceans

Front 7

Define streams

Back 7

Small flowing bodies of water that empty into rivers

Front 8

Define islands

Back 8

Bodies of land completely surrounded by water

Front 9

Give an example of an island

Back 9

Hawaii

Front 10

Define mountains

Back 10

Land much higher than the land that surrounds it

Front 11

Define valleys

Back 11

Lowland areas between higher areas such as mountains

Front 12

Define canyons

Back 12

Deep valleys with very steep sides, usually carved by a river

Front 13

Define caverns

Back 13

Large caves or underground chambers formed when water wears away rock.

Front 14

Define Plateau

Back 14

Flat top of a mountain

Front 15

DefineGlaciers

Back 15

Huge sheets of ice that cover land and are found near the earths poles.

Front 16

Define volcano

Back 16

Openings in the earth surface from which lava flows

Front 17

What is weathering?

Back 17

The wearing down and breaking down of rock into smaller pieces.

Front 18

What causes weathering?

Back 18

Running water, wind, rain, temperature changes and living things

Front 19

What is erosion?

Back 19

The movement of soil or rock to a place

Front 20

What causes erosion?

Back 20

Moving water, wind and glaciers

Front 21

What is deposition?

Back 21

Where earth's eroded materials have been put in a new location.

Front 22

What causes deposition?

Back 22

Moving water, rain, wind

Front 23

What happens when a volcano erupts?

Back 23

Lava comes out of the volcano and flows down the sides of the volcanic mountain where it hardens. The hardened volcanic rock forms new earth material and often makes the mountain larger.

Front 24

What happens in a landslide?

Back 24

Rock, sand and soil come off the side of a slope or cliff and move to a lower location.

Front 25

What happens in a flood?

Back 25

A lot of water causes rivers and streams to overflow their banks onto the land around them.

Front 26

What happens in an earthquake?

Back 26

The ground shakes and rolls, causing damage to the earth's surface.

Front 27

What events cause slow change?

Back 27

Weathering, erosion, deposition

Front 28

What events cause rapid change?

Back 28

Volcanoes, landslides, floods, earthquakes

Front 29

How can you help protect the earth's surface from erosion?

Back 29

By planting trees.