Landforms

Question 1

core

Answer 1

earths center

Question 2

mantle

Answer 2

between earths crust and core, holds most of earths mass

Question 3

magma

Answer 3

liquid rock within earth

Question 4

plate tectonics

Answer 4

how forces within the planet created land forms

Question 5

continental drift

Answer 5

how the plates slowly move across the upper mantle

Question 6

rift valleys

Answer 6

when the crust stretches until it breaks

Question 7

abyssal plains

Answer 7

the worlds flattest and smoothest regions

Question 8

continental shelves

Answer 8

the Continental surface extends under the shallow ocean water

Question 9

trench

Answer 9

a deep valley marking a plate collision

Question 10

folds

Answer 10

places where rocks have been compressed into bends

Question 11

faults

Answer 11

where rock masses have been broken and moved apart

Question 12

weathering

Answer 12

rocks breaking and decaying over time

Question 13

sediment

Answer 13

smaller bits of weathered rock

Question 14

erosion

Answer 14

movement of surface material from one place to another

Question 15

glaciers

Answer 15

thick masses of ice

Question 16

plateau

Answer 16

elevated flatland

Question 17

alluvial fan

Answer 17

fan shaped deposits of mud and gravel at the base of mountains

Question 18

delta

Answer 18

sediment buildup at the base of a river at the ocean