Earth Science Vocab Part 2 of 2

What is a volcano?

• A sudden shaking of the crust

• A flat piece of land made up of sediment deposited by a river near its mouth

• A hill of sand deposited by wind

• An opening in the earth's crust from which ash, molten rock, and gases flow onto the crust

What is an earthquake?

• A sudden shaking of the crust, usually at plate boundaries

• A force that pulls objects toward each other

• A hill of sand deposited by wind

• An opening in the earth's crust from which ash, molten rock, and gases flow onto the crust

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What is lava?

• A sudden shaking of the crust

• Molten rock below earth's surface

• Molten rock that flows onto earth's surface

• An opening in the earth's crust from which ash, molten rock, and gases flow onto the crust

What is magma?

• A sudden shaking of the crust

• A flat piece of land made up of sediment deposited by a river near its mouth

• Molten rock that flows onto earth's surface

• Molten rock below earth's surface

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What is the Ring of Fire?

• A zone bordering the Pacific Plate where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

• A flat piece of land made up of sediment deposited by a river near its mouth

• A hill of sand deposited by wind

• An opening in the earth's crust from which ash, molten rock, and gases flow onto the crust

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What is a landform?

• a wide, flat area of land formed from sediment deposited by a river outside of its banks

• A force that pulls objects toward each other

• a surface feature of earth, such as a mountain

• zone bordering the Pacific Plate where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

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What is gravity?

• a wide, flat area of land formed from sediment deposited by a river outside of its banks

• A force that pulls objects toward each other

• a surface feature of earth, such as a mountain

• zone bordering the Pacific Plate where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

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the sudden movement of rock and soil down the side of a hill

• landslide

• plate tectonics

• divergent

• convergent

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What is a delta?

• a wide, flat area of land formed from sediment deposited by a river outside of its banks

• a flat piece of land made up of sediment deposited by a river near its mouth

• a wall along a river channel or other body of water that serves to prevent flooding by keeping water behind it

• zone bordering the Pacific Plate where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

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What is a floodplain?

• a wide, flat area of land formed from sediment deposited by a river outside of its banks

• a flat piece of land made up of sediment deposited by a river near its mouth

• a wall along a river channel or other body of water that serves to prevent flooding by keeping water behind it

• zone bordering the Pacific Plate where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

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