Chaper 4

Question 1

Earths center.

Answer 1

Core

Question 2

Beyond the earths core part that has the most iron and nickel.

Answer 2

Mantle

Question 3

Liquid rock within the earth.

Answer 3

magma

Question 4

How the forces with the earth create land forms.

Answer 4

plate tectonics

Question 5

The slow of moving an in/per/year

Answer 5

Continental drafting

Question 6

The crust that stretches until it brakes.

Answer 6

rift valleys

Question 7

The smoothest and flattest regions.

Answer 7

abyssal plains

Question 8

Deep valley marking the plate collisions

Answer 8

trench

Question 9

Rock that has been compressed into bends

Answer 9

fold

Question 10

Rock masses that are broken apart and moved from each other.

Answer 10

faults

Question 11

Rock that break and decay over time.

Answer 11

weathering

Question 12

smaller particles such as gravel,mud,and sand.

Answer 12

sediment

Question 13

Moving land surface to one place to another.

Answer 13

erosion

Question 14

thick mass of ice

Answer 14

glaciers

Question 15

elevated flat land that rises sharply above nearby land.

Answer 15

plateau

Question 16

deposit of mud,gravel,and often found along bases of mountains.

Answer 16

alluvial fan

Question 17

sediment that moves out into the eocon and sinks.

Answer 17

delta

Question 18

The salt in the oceon can be removed thru.

Answer 18

Desalinization

Question 19

The movement thru the hydrosphere is called.

Answer 19

hydro logic cycle

Question 20

The first and smallest streams for a run fall.

Answer 20

headwaters

Question 21

A smaller stream That flows into a larger stream.

Answer 21

tributary

Question 22

The whole river drained by a river and its tributary is.

Answer 22

watershed and drainage basin

Question 23

The surface of water.

Answer 23

estuaries

Question 24

The water found below ground.

Answer 24

groundwater

Question 25

bacteria,insects,and worms break down the plant and animals material into a mixture.

Answer 25

humus

Question 26

Moves the nutrients out of the rain-reach of plant’s roots.

Answer 26

leaching

Question 27

soil that becomes useless to farm.

Answer 27

soil exhaustion

Question 28

farmers plow across hills rather than up and down in order to minimize erosion.

Answer 28

contour plowing

Question 29

regions can support farming if water is artificially

Answer 29

irrigation

Question 30

salt build up in the soil.

Answer 30

soil salinization

Question 31

destruction or lost of forests

Answer 31

deforestation

Question 32

Replanting

Answer 32

reforestation

Question 33

Artificial channels for transporting waters

Answer 33

aqueducts

Question 34

wells are drilled into rock layers.

Answer 34

aquifers

Question 35

long ago where the climate was better.

Answer 35

fossil water

Question 36

prepossessing plant where the valued mineral is removed.

Answer 36

ore

Question 37

coal,natural gas,and petroleum.

Answer 37

fossil fuels

Question 38

electricity produced by moving water.

Answer 38

hydroelectrical

Question 39

used to generate electricity.

Answer 39

geothermal energy