Earth's Changing Faces Vocab Review

What do we call the main landmasses on Earth, such as Africa, North America, and Asia?

• Plates

• Continents

• Landforms

• Volcano

What is the process of wearing away or otherwise changing Earth's surface from exposure to natural forces.

• Erosion

• Plate Tectonics

• Weathering

• Volcano

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Earth's center, made up of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core is called?

• Core

• Magma

• Mantle

• Crust

A place in Earth's crust where gases, ash, and lava spew onto the surface is called a ________.

• Landform

• Volcano

• Rock

• Plate

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What do we call the thin outer layer of Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• Outside

What do we call the process of transporting and wearing away rocks or soil as loose particles are moved by water, wind, ice, or gravity?

• Weathering

• Wearing Away

• Erosion

• Move Away

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The series of changes that rock undergoes as it shifts between different forms is called?

• Rock Changes

• Rock Movement

• Rock Cycle

• Rock Weathering

What kind of rock is formed by the hardening of hot, molten magma?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Hard Rock

What is the theory that the large sections of plates of Earth's crust are carried by moving magma in Earth's mantle called?

• Plate Cycle

• Plate Movement

• Plate Tectonics

• Plate System

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Natural formations on Earth's surface such as valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, hills and glaciers are called?

• Landforms

• Landmarks

• Landplates

• Land movement

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