Ch1Sec3Voc - Landforms
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- Middle layer of the earth made up of thick hot rock
- mantle
- melted rock
- magma
- large land areas
- continents
- Theory in geology that the earths crust is made up of huge, moving plates of rock
- plate tectonics
- cracks in the earth's crust
- fault
- violent shaking of the earth
- earthquake
- huge waves caused by an earthquakes on the ocean floor
- tsunamis
- process by which surface rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by water, chemicals, or frost.
- weathering
- weathering away the earth's surface by water, wind, and ice
- erosion
- flat landform whose surface is raised above the surrounding land, with a steep cliff on one side
- plateau
- a narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
- isthmus
- a piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
- peninsula
- a narrow body of water between two pieces of land
- strait
- air surrounding the Earth
- atmosphere
- center layer of the earth, made of hot iron and nickel. Has two sections and inner and outer
- core
- outer layer of the earth
- crust
- A kind of land, such as a plain, hill, mountain, valley, peninsula, river, lake, or island
- landforms
- a body of land smaller than a continent and surrounded by water
- island