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mountain
What is the landform that rises high above the ground?
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mid-ocean ridge
What is the long mountain ranges that stretch through the middle of some oceans?
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earthquake
What is a sudden shaking of the rock that makes up the earth's crust?
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a mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust.
What is a volcano?
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to analyze and organize information
Why do scientists use maps?
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canyon
What is the landform that's a deep valley with high, steep sides?
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continental shelf
What is the part of the ocean floor that is covered by shallow water and gradually slopes down?
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plate tectonics
What is a scientific theory that Earth's crust is made of moving plates?
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true
True or False: most volcanoes occur where earthquakes have happened.
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relief map
What is the type of map that shows different elevations?
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plateau
What is flat land that is higher than the land around it.
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continental slope
What is the sharp slope where the continental shelf ends and underwater canyons can form?
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fault
What is a break or crack in the rocks of Earth's crust where movement can take place?
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plate boundaries
Where do most volcanoes occur?
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where landforms, soil, rock, animals, and water is found.
What types of information might be featured on a map?
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valley
What is the landform that is the low land between hills and mountains?
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continental rise
What is the feature that connects the continent with the ocean floor?
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Earth was one super continent that broke apart
What happened 250 million years ago to the Earth?
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Mountains have a peak at the top where a volcano has an opening.
What is the difference between a mountain and a volcano?
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Western/south west side
On what part of the US map would you find mountains?
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cliff
What is the landform that is a high, steep section of rock?
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abyssal plains
What is the wide, flat area of the ocean floor without features?
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North America
What is the tectonic plate we live on?
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When 2 plates collide, one slides under the other, the sinking plate melts. Some of that melted rock can rise up through cracks to form a volcano.
How do colliding plates form a volcano?
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topographic map
What is the type of map that shows the elevation of an area of Earth's surface using contour lines?
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