Chapter 6

Caves are a result of weathering.

What may be found on ocean floors and the surface of continents?

Thanks to wind and water, the products of one's place weathering becomes materials for another place's ________________.

Rocks break down during a destructive process called ______________________.

Erosion and weathering are examples of _______________.

Which is not an example of a landslide?

Melted rock above Earth's surface is called ___________________

A huge deposit of lava rock with gently sloping sides is called a ___________________.

Melted Rock below Earth's surface is called _______________________.

Earth's surface features are built up through forces such as deposition and volcanic activity.

A landform that occurs in mountains, hills, and plains and has river flowing through it.

Erosion is a destructive force, meaning it wear down the land.

What landform is shown in the picture?

Earth's crust consists mostly of _____________________.

Fan-shaped land mass that forms after a river rushed down a step slope, then slows over a flat plain.

Low plain that forms where a river enters an ocean _______________________.

Sediment made from rocks or shells that have been ground into fine grains.

What landform is shown in the picture?

The rocky outer layer of Earth's surface is called the_________________.

What landform is shown in the picture?

What landform is shown in the picture?

A sediment is a map that shows the shape of surface features and their elevations.

Volcanic activity is an example of ____________________.

A flat landform found at a high elevation is called _______________.

A common agent of erosion is water moving down a river.

Location, shape, and elevation help define Earth's _______________________.

Which process breaks rock into smaller pieces without changing the type of rock?

Underground caves, steep cliffs, and sand dunes often form near _______________.

What landform is shown in the picture?

Shield cones often form on the ____________________