Earth Changes Assessment

4. A medium sized plateau is called...
5. A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides
7. Huge waves caused by earthquakes
8. are the most explosive landforms
9. The movement of weathered rocks by natural forces
12. True or false - wind, rain, and other elements shape the earth
15. ____ is one way that plateaus can be made naturally
16. _______ weathering involves changes in the surface of the rock to where it could change shape or color.
18. A large area of high land that is relatively flat on its top
19. Definition of "the solid earth"

1. The force that slows down objects when they rub against each other
2. When thermal energy flows through liquids and gases when most of the matter is moving
3. A lake made by humans
6. An area of land that loses more water to the air than it gets through precipitation
10. What builds up on top of a fossil and hardens into rock
11. A process that breaks down rocks into small pieces
13. A triangle-shaped piece of land that forms at the mouth of a river
14. One thing that causes weathering
16. The outer layer of the earth is called
17. The natural features of the earth's surface