NCES Landforms Vocab Summative

What is the definition of Pangea?

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

• any natural formation of rock and dirt that is found on earth

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

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

What is the definition of Landform?

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

• any natural formation of rock and dirt that is found on earth

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

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

What is the definition of Mountain?

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

• any natural formation of rock and dirt that is found on earth

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

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

What are the 7 Continents?

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

• any natural formation of rock and dirt that is found on earth

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

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

What are the layers of Earth?

• large sections of Earth’s crust

• the constant movement of Earth’s crust

• the place where Earth’s crust is weak

•  inner core, outer core, mantle and crust

What is a fault?

• large sections of Earth’s crust

• the constant movement of Earth’s crust

• the place where Earth’s crust is weak

•  inner core, outer core, mantle and crust

What is rifting?

• large sections of Earth’s crust

• the constant movement of Earth’s crust

• the place where Earth’s crust is weak

•  inner core, outer core, mantle and crust

What are Earth's plates?

• large sections of Earth’s crust

• the constant movement of Earth’s crust

• the place where Earth’s crust is weak

•  inner core, outer core, mantle and crust

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What is a volcano?

•  molten rock beneath the surface of the earth

• A mountain with magma beneath the surface

•  molten rock above the surface of the earth.

• a highland that is flat on top

What is magma?

•  molten rock beneath the surface of the earth

• A mountain with magma beneath the surface

•  molten rock above the surface of the earth.

• a highland that is flat on top