Landforms Vocabulary

What causes earthquakes and volcanoes?

• plate movement

• The moon's gravitation

• the Earth's tilt

• solar flares

What process works WITH weathering to change the Earth's surface?

• gravity

• solar flares

• erosion

• change of seasons

Which is the largest type of ICE mass?

• avalanche

• ice cap

• glacier

• ice sheet

What happens when two OCEANIC tectonic plates move apart or diverge?

• a trench is created

• a volcano is created

• new ocean floor is created

The Earth is composed of how many tectonic plates?

• 1 to 5

• 12 to 16

• 25 to 30

• 35-40

Describe the movement of two plates that are "lateral slipping or faulting" as they move past each other.

• spread apart or away from each other

• collide and both plates are forced upward

• grinding against each other creating tension

A process by which water, wind or ice move bits of rock elsewhere.

• continent

• weathering

• erosion

• glacier

A small ice mass that spreads outward on a land surface.

• continent

• weathering

• glacier

• ice sheets

A process by which Earth's surface is worn down by natural forces.

• continent

• weathering

• evaporation

• erosion

Name of the supercontinent that existed before plate movement occurred.

• Panettone

• Panada

• Panini

• Pangea