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35 Cards in this Set
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a physical feature on Earth's surface
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landforms
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The process of breaking rock into soil,sand, & other pieces( sediments)
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Weathering
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The process of moving sediment from 1 place to another
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Erosion
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The process of dropping or depositing sediments into a new a area
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Deposition
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The downhill movement rock and soil because of GRAVITY
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Mass movement
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What are the three main forces that can CHANGE landforms
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water,wind, & ice
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name 3 ways water can weather rock
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Fast flowing rivers
Ocean waves can weather cliffs freezing of water |
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A place were rivers that deposit sediment in broad areas at their mouth. the what is the biggest answer of question goes here
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Delta, Mississippi, delta
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How does wind erosion change landforms?
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Wind erosion has shaped some unfamiliar things in this world like tables, arches, calms
It also moves sand and dry sediments forming things called domes |
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This thing is a thick sheet of ice, formed in areas were more snowfalls in winter and most of them melt Ice Summer
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Glaciers
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Name 2 types of glaciers.
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Valley Glaciers & Continental Glaciers
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The ________ is Earths center and it's hottest layer.it divide into 2 parts. The outer section is molten rock. Great pressure keeps the inner section solid.
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Core
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The middle layer of Earth is called ______.
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Mantle
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This hot, soft rock sometimes reaches Earths layers through openings called _______. The hot, soft rock is lava when it flows on Earths surface.
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Volcano
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the outermost layer of Earth is called the __________.
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Crust
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It's made of many _________ that float on the soft rock below them. When these pieces of Earths surface
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Plate
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When these pieces of Earths surface crash together or scrape past one another, the release of energy causes an __________. The places where pieces of Earths's crust move can bend or break.
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Earthquake
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These breaks can become _________.
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Fault
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Describe three ways in which earths plates interact.
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Push together
Pull apart Slide pass one another |
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Rock formed from sediments that have been cemented together is __________.
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Sedimentary Rock
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The southern continent that existed 200 million years ago was called__________.
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Gondawanu
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The theory that the continents moved over the Earth's surface is __________.
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Continental drift
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The remains or traces of past life found in Earth's crust is called_______.
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Fossil
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The oldest rocks are found at the _________ of the ______ _______ and are how old?
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Bottom; Grand Canyon; 2 billion years
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Fossils of sea animals are commonly found in_________ around the Albany area. This shows the area was once under ________.
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Limestone; water
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What is the super continent that held all of Earth's land 225 million years ago.
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Pangea
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The Northern continent, _________, contained land that would have been North America and Asia.
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Laurasia
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The walls of the __________ contain rock from the earliest stages of Earth's history.
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Grand Canyon
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The youngest rocks are at the _____ of the ______ _______ and are about how old?
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top; Grand Canyon; 250 million
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How do most high mountains form? Name a famous mountain range.
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They form when continental plates collide; Himalyas
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Where do most mountains and volcanoes form?
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Plate Boundaries
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Name and describe three kinds of volcanoes
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1.Shield-broad and not steep
2. Composite- wide and slightly steep 3.Cinder cone-Tall, narrow, steep |
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Where do most earthquakes occur?
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Along the boundaries of the Pacific plate
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What are Seismic waves and how do scientists measure and record them?
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Forms of energy released from earthquake; Seismograph
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What scale is used to measure the strength and magnitude of earthquakes?
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Richter scale
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