Landforms, Earth Layers, and Plate Tectonics Flashcards
The flowing of the upper( ) causes the Earth’s plates to move
Mantle
The Earth’s crust is thickest under the( )
Continental plates
The Earth’s crust is thinnest under the( )
Ocean plates
What landforms are shaped by water
Valleys and Canyons
What landforms are shaped by wind?
Deserts and beaches
What is the flattest kind of landforms without any hills or mountains?
Plains
The tallest and most visible landforms are ( )
Mountains
Streams and rivers can cut small( ) or gullies where they flow
Channels
Gust of wind can pile sand into large mounds called( )
Sand dunes
( ) measures vibrations on Earth
Seismograph
What landform is formed when a river meets the ocean?
Delta
The( ) is the top layer of Earth
Crust
A large land mass surrounded by oceans or other land is called ( )
Island
Valleys and canyons are example of landforms shaped by ( )
Water
The gentle sloping edge of a continent that connects the shore to the sea is called
Continental Slope
What Earth layer has a magnetic field
Outer core
What Earth layer is made of solid metal
Inner core
What type of boundary is an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart
Divergent
What Earth layer is caused to liquefy by extreme heat and pressure
Mantle
What type of boundary is an area where two tectonic plates are colliding
Convergent
The continents today were once joined together in one large continent called( )
Pangaea
The continents drift only a few ( )a year
Inches
Name the 4 Earth layers
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
What Earth layer is solid rock?
Mantle
What Earth layer creates the Earth’s magnetic field
Outer core
Name the super-continent that existed millions of years ago before the continents drifted apart
Pangaea
Name the region that is made of the Earth’s crust and the solid part of the mantle above the asthenosphere
Lithosphere
What force pulls everything towards the center of the Earth
Gravity
