World Regions Chapter 1 Lesson 1

LandformsVolcanoesEarth Shaping the Land Grab Bag

Question Natural features on the Earth’s surface are called…

Answer 1 – 10 Landforms

Question What is the name of the U.S.’s oldest mountain chain?

Answer 1 – 20 The Appalachian Mountains

Question A triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river…

Answer 1 – 30 Delta

Question The land next to a river…

Answer 1 – 40 Floodplain

Question This says that the Earth is made up of many large, slow moving slabs…

Answer 1 – 50 Plate tectonics

Question Sometimes when two of Earth’s plates push against each other, the edge of one plate slides beneath the other. The bottom plate melts and turns into ….

Answer 2 – 10 Magma

Question Magma is molten rock under the Earth’s surface, what is it called when it is above the Earth’s surface?

Answer 2 – 20 Lava

Question What type of volcano is formed when the magma erupts in a violent manner and spews lava into the air?

Answer 2 – 30 Cinder-Cone or Conical Volcanoes

Question What type of volcanoes are formed from slow moving lava spreading across the land?

Answer 2 – 40 Shield Volcanoes

Question This type of volcano has become inactive but not long enough to know if it will erupt again…

Answer 2 – 50 Dormant Volcano

Question The name given to the supercontinent that our continents were once a part of…

Answer 3 – 10 Pangaea

Question Scientists believed this caused Pangaea to break apart…

Answer 3 – 20 Continental Drift

Question What are the names of the layers of the Earth?

Answer 3 – 30 The Crust, The Mantle, The Outer Core, and The Inner Core

Question This is a break in the Earth’s surface where movement occurs between plates

Answer 3 – 40 Fault

Question The geophysicist that came up with the theory of Continental Drift…

Answer 3 – 50 Alfred Wegener

Question This is the process of breaking up rocks into smaller pieces called sediment…

Answer 4 – 10 Weathering

Question This is the process of moving sediment from one place to another

Answer 4 – 20 Erosion

Question This is the process of dropping, or depositing sediment in a new location

Answer 4 – 30 Deposition

Question People build these to control the flow of rivers and produce electricity…

Answer 4 – 40 Dams

Question The process people use to direct water into dry parts of the land is called…

Answer 4 – 50 Irrigation

Question How many continents are on the Earth?

Answer 5 – 10 7

Question How many oceans are on the Earth?

Answer 5 – 20 5

Question This type of volcano has been erupting or erupted ever since people have been keeping track of them…

Answer 5 – 30 Active Volcanoes

Question The Grand Canyon was created through the processes of …

Answer 5 – 40 Weathering, Erosion and Deposition by the Colorado River

Question Explain what causes an earthquake…

Answer 5 – 50 When two plates rub against one another or get caught on each other begin to cause energy to build up. When that energy is released the earthquake happens.