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Year 8 Geography - Landscapes and mountains - activity 2

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mountainlandscaped formed by tectonic plates
landscapedifferent parts of the earths surface.
land degradationreducing the quality of the soil
mining, farming and deforestationfactors that cause land degradation
soil erosionthe is the removal of topsoil from an area.
tectonic platesthe Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces called
divergentterm to describe tectonic plates pulling apart from one another
convergentterm used to describe tectonic plates pushing against one another
subductionwhen two tectonic plates meet and one is forced under the other
corecentre of the earth is called this
crustoutside layer of the earth is called this
outer corelayer of earth that is made up of metals such as iron
mountainfold and volcanic are types of
mount vesuviusa famous volcanic mountain located in italy
foldname this type of mountain,
volcanicname this type of mountain,
fault blockname this type of mountain,
craterThe name given to the hole at the top of a volcano
fireThe majority of Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes take place along the Ring of ?
pacific oceanThe ring of fire is found where,
lavaThe molten material that flows from the volcano
AshVery fine rock and mineral particles
shield volcanoA volcano characterised by gentle eruptions that emit runny lava over a wide area
cone volcanoA triangle shaped mountain formed as material from volcanic eruptions piles around the volcanic vent (opening) in the Earths crust
Mount KilimanjaroAn example of a shield volcano
Mount FujiAn example of a cone volcano



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