Ch. 2 Section 3: The Land

Question 1

the process of breaking rock into smaller pieces

Accepted Answer

weathering

Question 2

Sliding, colliding, and separating are the three ways that _________ __________ moves.

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Question 3

large landmasses

Accepted Answer

continents

Question 4

shapes on Earth's surface, such as hills or mountains.

Accepted Answer

landforms

Question 5

sudden, violent movement of Earth's crust

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 6

magma, or liquid rock, that reaches the Earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

lava

Question 7

What continent do you live on?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 8

Water, Wind and Ice cause erosion and weathering.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

a theory suggesting that Earth's surface is made up of slow moving plates

Accepted Answer

plate tectonics

Question 10

the movement of sediment from one location to another

Accepted Answer

erosion

Question 11

When plates slide past each other and grind along faults, it causes

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Questions 11