Chapter 5 - Lesson 1 Flashcards
What is an ocean?
A large body of salt water
What is a continent?
a large area of land
Whats is a landform?
a land feature on the Earth
What is an earthquake?
a quick movement of Earth’s crust
What is a volcano?
a mountain that builds up around a crack in Earth’s crust
What is weathering?
the breaking down of large rocks into smaller pieces and sand
What is erosion?
the weathering and movement of small pieces of rock
Name other bodies of water.
rivers, streams, ponds and lakes
Fresh water is not
salty
Earth has 7 large areas of land called
continents
What shows what a map’s colors and shapes mean?
a Key
What is the tallest landform?
a mountain
What is the low land between hills or mountains?
a valley
What do you call a deep valley where a river may run through it?
a canyon
What is a land that is wide and flat?
a plain
What is a body of water called that has land all around it?
a lake
What is a large body of moving water called?
a river
What is land with steep sides called that has a flat top?
a plateau
What is land called that borders the ocean?
a coast
What is land called that has water on three sides?
a peninsula
What is land called with water all around it?
an island
The land below the ocean is called
the ocean floor
The continental shelf is found
on the coast where dry land meets water. It slopes down from the coast.
What is wide and flat and found under the ocean?
abyssal plain
What is a canyon called on the ocean floor? (Also the deepest part of the ocean floor)
a trench
The deepest trench in the Pacific Ocean is called
the Mariana Trench and is 7 miles deep
The Earth’s outer layer is called
the crust
The crust is made of
rock
The outer layer is made of
continents and ocean floor
The layer below the crust is called
the mantle
The deepest layer is called
the core
The outer core is
melted metal
The inner core is
solid metal
The mantle is made up of
hard rock and soft rock and flows like putty
