Vocabulary Words
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LANDFORM
- A natural feature of the earths surface.
- Landforms can have flowers like Daisy’s and Roses.
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VOLCANO
- An opening in the earths crust through which lava, dust, ash, hot gases are ejected.
- Hawaii has a volcano that erupted.
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MAGMA
- Hot fluid of semi fluid material below or within the earths crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
- Magma is very hot and you should never touch it.
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ERUPT
- To burst out violently.
- Volcanoes erupt and when they erupt they shoot out lava.
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MOUNTAIN
- An area of land that rise to a great height.
- The Mauna Kea mountain is the tallest mountain in the world.
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ISLAND
- A piece of land that is encircled by water.
- You can find islands in Hawaii.
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VALLEY
- A long, narrow area of low land between mountains or hills, often with a river running along the bottom.
- The Mississippi River made a valley.
WEATHERING
- The condition or activity of the atmosphere with respect to weather it is hot or cold, sunny or cloudy, windy or calm or wet or dry.
- The weathering man said it’s going to rain this week.
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PENINSULA
- A piece of land that sticks out into water from a larger landmass.
- I want to see a peninsula very bad.
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PLATEAU
- An area of flat land that is higher than the land around it.
- We want to see a plateau VERY bad.
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