Landform Vocabulary Flash Cards

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Title: Landform Vocabulary
Description: Landform Vocabulary
Number of Cards: 12
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Author: wendy21
Created: 2002-10-15
Tags: earth earthsciences
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    • Question
    • Answer
    • Side 3
    • What word is used to identify the ramains or traces of past life found in the Earth's crust?
    • fossils
    • What is a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in Earth's crust?
    • earthquake
    • What is the name of an ancient "supercontinent" that a theory suggests contained all of Earth's land 225 million years ago?
    • Pangea
    • What is the process of breaking rock into soil, sand, or other tiny pieces?
    • erosion
    • What word means "a physical feature of the Earth's surface"?
    • landform
    • What is an opening in Earth's crust through which lava flows?
    • volcano
    • What is the process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new location?
    • deposition
    • What is the name for the theory of how Earth's continents move over its surface?
    • continental drift
    • What is Earth's hottest layer; the center layer of Earth?
    • core
    • What is the layer of rock beneath Earth's crust?
    • mantle
    • What is hot, soft rock from Earth's lower mantle?
    • magma
    • What is the downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity?
    • mass movement