Shaping Earth - Ch5

Question 1

Glaciers push small rocks and dirt into mounds called...

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Moraines

Question 2

Earth's surface is slowly changed by which natural event?

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Glaciers

Question 3

Which natural disaster is not caused by storms?

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Earthquake

Question 4

Thiskind of weathering breaks down rock without changing the kind of rock it is

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Physical Weathering

Question 5

Heavy rains in a mountain region can cause rocks and soil to move swiftly downhill in a ...

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Landslide

Question 6

The continental shelf and the continental slope are examples of

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underwater features

Question 7

An overflow of water causes a...

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Flood

Question 8

A column of wind that moves across the ground and causes destruction

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Tornado

Question 9

The process through which rock is broken down and moved to another place

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Weathering & Erosion

Question 10

Plates slowly push together at the edges of two continents to form a...

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Fold

Question 11

A glacier drops much of its rock debris at its downhill end which is called a...

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Terminus

Question 12

The outermost layer of Earth, made of solid rock

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Crust

Question 13

A structure that looks similar to a mountain but sometimes erupts with hot lava

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Volcano

Question 14

The layer below the crust

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Mantle

Question 15

Landforms that have tall peaks

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Mountains

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