Chapter 5 Review

Question 1

The slow proses that breakers away rocks into smaller pieces is called

Answer 1

Weathering

Question 2

A rock is Brocken apart by ——- ———- if the rock type does not change

Answer 2

Physical weathering

Question 3

If a rock type contains iron, air and water can react with the iron through ——– ———

Answer 3

Chemical weathering

Question 4

The weathering removal of rock from one place to another is called

Answer 4

Erosion

Question 5

Erosion can be caused by glaciers, wind, moving water, and ——-

Answer 5

Gravity

Question 6

Deposits left behind by a glacier are called —— —- and ——- ——

Answer 6

Glacial till

Glacial debris

Question 7

The mounds that form where till builds up are called

Answer 7

Moraines

Question 8

A large land mass surrounded by oceans or other land is called a

Answer 8

Continent

Question 9

A physical feature of the land is called a

Answer 9

Landform

Question 10

Mounds, called —- —–, form where wind blows sand

Answer 10

Sand dunes

Question 11

The gently sloping edge of a continent that connects the shore to the sea is a ———– —–

Answer 11

Continental shelf

Question 12

Underwater mountains that run through an ocean form a(n)

Answer 12

Ocean ridge

Question 13

Features that look like canyons in the ocean floor are called

Answer 13

Trenches

Question 14

The name of a region of land where water drained into a river is a

Answer 14

Drainage basin

Question 15

The movement of a river slows down as it nears the ocean, dropping deposits that form triangle-shaped landforms, called

Answer 15

Delta

Question 16

The outmost layer of the earth is made up of —-, called the

Answer 16

Rock

Crust

Question 17

Below the crust lies a layer of rock, called the

Answer 17

Mantle

Question 18

Rock in the mantle can move or slowly flow because of great pressure and high

Answer 18

Temperatures

Question 19

The outer core is below the mantle and is made mostly of melted —-

Answer 19

Iron

Question 20

The sphere of solid material at earths center is called the

Answer 20

Inner core

Question 21

The large section that makes up earths crust and upper mantel are called

Answer 21

Plates

Question 22

When the plates slowly ram into each other, they can form bended rock layers called

Answer 22

Folds

Question 23

A long narrow crack in earths crust is called a

Answer 23

Fault

Question 24

Tall landforms caused by folding or faulting are called

Answer 24

Mountains

Question 25

If a rock in the earths crust suddenly shakes an earthquake occurs

Answer 25

Earthquake

Question 26

Underwater earth quakes can cause huge waves called

Answer 26

Tsunami

Question 27

The source of an earthquake creates —— —– that travel outward

Answer 27

Seismic waves

Question 28

A tool that graphs seismic waves as wavy lines is called a

Answer 28

Seismograph

Question 29

A volcano produces melted rock called —–, which erupts into the air as —-

Answer 29

Magma

Lava