NCES Landforms Vocab Summative

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Definition of Pangea?

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When all continents were one big landmass millions of years ago.

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Definition of Landform?

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any natural formation of rock and dirt found on earth

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Definition of Mountain

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any part of the earth’s surface that stands much higher than its surroundings

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7 Continents:

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Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica

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Layers of Earth

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inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

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What is a fault?

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the place where Earth's crust is weak

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Rifting: the constant movement of Earth’s crust

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the constant movement of Earth’s crust

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Earth's plates are large sections of its crust.

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large sections of Earth’s crust

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Volcano: A mountain with magma beneath the surface

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A mountain with magma beneath the surface

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Magma: molten rock beneath the earth's surface

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molten rock beneath the earth's surface