Unit C Chapter 2 Lesson 1

The Earth looks blue from space because it is covered by

• air

• water

• volcanoes

• the crust

The different shapes on the Earth’s surface are called

• mountains

• landforms

• crust

• hills

Plateaus are __________ than plains.

• higher

• lower

• better

The study of Earth from a trench in the ocean to the birds in the sky is _____________.

• biology

• biogeology

• Richter Scale

• topography

A ________ map shows landforms and elevation.

• new

• topographical

• geological

A dormant volcano is one that is ____________.

• erupting now

• not erupting

The crust of the Earth is the ______ layer of the earth.

• inner most

• middle

• outer most

A ________ is a crack in the crust of the Earth along which rocks can move.

• stream

• fault

• vent

A movement of the ground caused by rock movement along a fault is called ____________.

• a volcano

• an earthquake

• the shakes

_______________ is the theory that Earth’s outer layer is made up of moving plates.

• Continental boundaries

• Plate Tectonics

• violent eruption