Unit 4. Landforms of Earth (vocabulary) Grade 5

Natural features found on the surface of the Earth. = ____________

• plateau

• plain

• landform

• mountain

The large, solid plates that float on a semi-liquid layer

below the surface of the Earth. = ____________

• tectonic plate

• vent

• lava

• magma

Cracks on the surface of the Earth. = ____________

• graben

• fault

• horst

• plain

A block of land that gets pushed up due to faulting. = ____________

• graben

• fault

• horst

• plain

A block of land between faults that sinks downward. = ____________

• graben

• fault

• horst

• plain

Hot molten rocks found below the surface of the Earth. = ____________

• tectonic plate

• vent

• lava

• magma

Huge openings through which magma pours out onto the surface

of the Earth. = ____________

• tectonic plate

• vent

• lava

• magma

Magma that flows on the surface of the Earth. = ____________

• tectonic plate

• vent

• lava

• magma

Rivers of ice. = ____________

• glacier

• stream

• ocean

• canal

The landform process that occurs below the crust of the Earth. = ____________

• Exogenous

• Core

• Mantel

• Endogenous