Lilly Chap 5

Question 0

A great area of land

Answer 0

Continent

Question 1

A large body of salt water

Answer 1

Ocean

Question 2

A sudden movement of rocks that make up earths crust.

Answer 2

Earthquake

Question 3

A mountain that builds up around an opening in the earths crust.

Answer 3

Volcano

Question 4

The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

Answer 4

Weathering

Question 5

The movement of weathered rock

Answer 5

Erosion

Question 6

A feature of land on earth’s surface

Answer 6

Land form

Question 7

Earths outermost layer

Answer 7

Crust

Question 8

The layer of earth below the crust

Answer 8

Mantle

Question 9

Earths deepest and hottest layer

Answer 9

Core

Question 10

Melted rock that is below the earth’s surface

Answer 10

Magma

Question 11

Molten rock that flows onto the land

Answer 11

Lava

Question 12

The rapid movement of rocks and soil down the hill

Answer 12

Landslide

Question 13

Water flowing over land that is usually dry

Answer 13

Flood

Question 14

A large sheet of ice that moves slowly overland

Answer 14

Glacier

Question 15

The dropping off of weathered rock

Answer 15

? Deposition

Question 16

What are five water features on earth other than oceans

Answer 16

Rivers streams lakes and ponds glaciers

Question 17

What type of water are most lakes made up of

Answer 17

Freshwater

Question 18

What covers the earth surface

Answer 18

Land and water

Question 19

How many continents can be found on the earth

Answer 19

7

Question 20

How is a plateau different from a mountain

Answer 20

The plateau has a flat top

Question 21

What is the ocean floor a continuation of

Answer 21

The continents

Question 22

What is the deepest part of the ocean floor

Answer 22

Trench

Question 23

How is ocean floor like the land of the continents

Answer 23

The land below the ocean surface has features similar to those above the water

Question 24

What is the earths deepest and hottest layer called

Answer 24

The core

Question 25

What does the inner core consist of

Answer 25

Solid rock

Question 26

What is the outside layer the crust made up of

Answer 26

Huge slabs of rock

Question 27

What causes an earthquake

Answer 27

Rocks deep below the ground slowly slide past each other. They press against each other. They pull apart. These movements can cause rock to bend and snap. This causes an earthquake

Question 28

What is the difference between magma and lava

Answer 28

Magma is melted rock inside earth. Lava is melted rock that flows onto the land

Question 29

What happens when lava flows out an opening in the earth’s crust

Answer 29

Volcanic mountain forms

Question 30

What can cause a landslide

Answer 30

Gravity

Question 31

What are four events that can suddenly change the land

Answer 31

Volcanoes, landslides, floods, earthquakes

Question 32

What are some causes of weathering

Answer 32

Running water, wind, rain, melting snow, ice, plants, animals

Question 33

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

Answer 33

Weathering breaks down rocks. Erosion carries the weathered pieces away

Question 34

What causes erosion?

Answer 34

Moving water, wind, glaciers, gravity

Question 35

Which two things usually change the land very slowly

Answer 35

Weathering and erosion

Question 36

This is how you make a flash card

Answer 36

It is very easy