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Parts of the Earth Geology Vocabulary Hodge Podge 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Natural Forces Landforms
The definition of a landform
Two types of landforms
Three forces that change landforms
Mountains are formed when this happens.
This is how an earthquake starts.
The outer, very thin layer of the Earth
The middle layer of Earth
The center and hottest layer of Earth
Molten rock that comes from the mantle
The thickness of the Earth’s crust is often compared to this.
The shaking of the ground from energy release in the crust
Opening in the crust through which lava flows
These are formed when snow falls faster than it melts.
Two ways water weathers rock
The difference between deposition and erosion
Remains or traces of past life found in the crust
Process in which soil, sand, and sediment are formed
Rigid block of crust and upper mantle
“Supercontinent” on Earth millions of years ago
Place where pieces of the crust move
The reason scientists study fossils
One of the largest deltas
One way you could make a model of the Earth’s layers
Two types of mass movement
The instrument used to measure the seismic waves caused by an earthquake
Make your wager
The name for scientists who study fossils
What is a physical feature on Earth’s surface?
What are mountains, volcanoes, valleys, etc.?
What are water, wind, and ice?
What is when the plates push together causing the land to rise and form mountains?
What is the plates pull apart causing the Earth to shake?
What is the crust?
What is the mantle?
What is the core?
What is magma?
What is an eggshell?
What is an earthquake?
What is a volcano?
What are glaciers?
What are fast flowing rivers, waves, rain water freezing, etc.?
What is deposition drops or deposits sediment while erosion moves sediment from one place to another.
What are fossils?
What is weathering?
What is a plate?
What is Pangea?
What is a fault?
What is to learn about plants and animals of the past?
What is the Mississippi Delta?
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What are mudslides, avalanches, etc.?
What is seismograph?
What is paleontologist?