Ch 5 Review Flashcards
The mounds that form were a till builds up are called
Moraines
The slow process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces is called
Weathering
A rock is broken apart by weathering if the rock type does not change
Physical
If a rock contains iron, air and water can react with the iron through and form rust
Chemical weathering
The weathering and removal of rock from one place from another is called
Erosion
A long narrow crack in the Earth’s crust is called an
Fault
When plates slowly ram into each other, they can form blended rock layers, called
Folds
If the rock in the Earth’s crust suddenly shakes, an occurs
Earthquake
The source of an earthquake creates that travel outward
Seismic Waves
A tool that graphs seismic waves as wavy lines is an
Seismograph
Examples of landforms include mountains and
Plains
A physical feature of the land is called an
Landform
A large land mass surrounded by oceans or other land is called an
Continent
The name of a region of land where water drains into a river is a
Drainage basin
The outermost layer of Earth is the
Crust