Chapter 9 - Changes to Earth's Surface

have frequent eruptions, or show signs of future eruptions

• Dormant Volcano

• Deposition

• Active Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

natural features of the earth

• Plateaus

• Landforms

• Plains

• Peninsulas

the rapid downhill movement of a large amount of rock and soil

• Deposition

• Landforms

• Peninsulas

• Landslides

the process by which rocks break down as a result of chemical reactions

• Active Volcanoes

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Physical Weathering

flat landforms on high ground

• Peninsula

• Plains

• Plateaus

• Landforms

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

• Deposition

• Peninsula

• Erosion

• Volcano

A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface

• Volcano

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Landslide

A volcano that has not erupted for hundreds to thousands of years but does have the potential to erupt again in the future.

• Active Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

• Dormant Volcano

• Avalanche

large amounts of snow and ice that move down mountains as a result of strong winds, earthquakes and explosions

• Peninsula

• Avalanche

• Volcano

• Earthquake

The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

• Deposition

• Chemical Weathering

• Volcano

• Erosion