landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=landforms&did=995" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,995,'landforms');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Landforms are natural physical features of the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=earth%27s+surface&did=811" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,811,'earth\'s surface');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Earth's surface. They are created by the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=forces&did=1087" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1087,'force');return false;" style="color:#009000;">forces of nature such as landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=wind&did=205" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,205,'wind');return false;" style="color:#009000;">wind, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=water&did=802" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,802,'water');return false;" style="color:#009000;">water, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=ice&did=808" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,808,'ice');return false;" style="color:#009000;">ice, and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=volcanic+activity&did=794" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,794,'volcanic activity');return false;" style="color:#009000;">volcanic activity. Some common landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=landforms&did=995" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,995,'landforms');return false;" style="color:#009000;">landforms include landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=mountains&did=1258" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1258,'mountains');return false;" style="color:#009000;">mountains, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=valleys&did=1257" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1257,'valleys');return false;" style="color:#009000;">valleys, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=plateaus&did=1256" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1256,'plateaus');return false;" style="color:#009000;">plateaus, and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=plains&did=1255" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1255,'plains');return false;" style="color:#009000;">plains.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=mountains&did=1258" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1258,'mountains');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Mountains are large landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=landforms&did=995" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,995,'landforms');return false;" style="color:#009000;">landforms that rise prominently above their surroundings. They are usually formed through landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=tectonic+plate&did=1186" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1186,'tectonic plate');return false;" style="color:#009000;">tectonic plate movements and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=volcanic+activity&did=794" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,794,'volcanic activity');return false;" style="color:#009000;">volcanic activity.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=valleys&did=1257" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1257,'valleys');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Valleys are low areas of landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=land&did=1518" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1518,'land');return false;" style="color:#009000;">land between landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=hills&did=1583" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1583,'hills');return false;" style="color:#009000;">hills or landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=mountains&did=1258" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1258,'mountains');return false;" style="color:#009000;">mountains, often with a river or stream flowing through them. They are formed through landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=erosion&did=807" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,807,'erosion');return false;" style="color:#009000;">erosion by landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=water&did=802" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,802,'water');return false;" style="color:#009000;">water and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=ice&did=808" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,808,'ice');return false;" style="color:#009000;">ice.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=plateaus&did=1256" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1256,'plateaus');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Plateaus are flat, elevated landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=landforms&did=995" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,995,'landforms');return false;" style="color:#009000;">landforms that are higher than the surrounding areas. They are often formed by the uplift of the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=earth%27s&did=771" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,771,'earth');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Earth's landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=crust&did=777" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,777,'crust');return false;" style="color:#009000;">crust.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=plains&did=1255" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1255,'plains');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Plains are large, flat areas of landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=land&did=1518" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1518,'land');return false;" style="color:#009000;">land that are generally lower in elevation. They can be formed by the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=deposition&did=999" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,999,'deposition');return false;" style="color:#009000;">deposition of sediment or as a result of the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=erosion&did=807" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,807,'erosion');return false;" style="color:#009000;">erosion and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=weathering&did=809" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,809,'weathering');return false;" style="color:#009000;">weathering of existing landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=landforms&did=995" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,995,'landforms');return false;" style="color:#009000;">landforms.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rocks&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Rocks are landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=solid&did=866" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,866,'solid');return false;" style="color:#009000;">solid landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=material&did=1131" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1131,'material');return false;" style="color:#009000;">material made up of one or more landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=minerals&did=810" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,810,'minerals');return false;" style="color:#009000;">minerals. There are three main types of landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rocks&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
Igneous landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rocks&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rocks are formed from the cooling and solidification of molten landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rock&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rock landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=material&did=1131" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1131,'material');return false;" style="color:#009000;">material. They can be either intrusive (formed below the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=earth%27s+surface&did=811" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,811,'earth\'s surface');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Earth's surface) or extrusive (formed on the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=earth%27s+surface&did=811" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,811,'earth\'s surface');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Earth's surface).
Sedimentary landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rocks&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rocks are formed from the accumulation and compression of sediments. They often contain fossils and are commonly found in layers or strata.
Metamorphic landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rocks&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rocks are formed from the alteration of existing landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rock&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rock through heat, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=pressure&did=994" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,994,'pressure');return false;" style="color:#009000;">pressure, or landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=chemical&did=862" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,862,'chemical');return false;" style="color:#009000;">chemical processes. They often have a banded or layered landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=appearance&did=1499" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1499,'appearance');return false;" style="color:#009000;">appearance.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=soil&did=1187" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1187,'soil');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Soil is a mixture of landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=organic+matter&did=1581" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1581,'organic matter');return false;" style="color:#009000;">organic matter, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=minerals&did=810" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,810,'minerals');return false;" style="color:#009000;">minerals, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=gases&did=796" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,796,'gases');return false;" style="color:#009000;">gases, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=liquids&did=867" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,867,'liquid');return false;" style="color:#009000;">liquids, and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=organisms&did=874" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,874,'organisms');return false;" style="color:#009000;">organisms that together support landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=life&did=774" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,774,'life');return false;" style="color:#009000;">life. It is formed through the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=weathering&did=809" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,809,'weathering');return false;" style="color:#009000;">weathering and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=erosion&did=807" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,807,'erosion');return false;" style="color:#009000;">erosion of landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rocks&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rocks and the decay of organic landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=materials&did=1131" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1131,'material');return false;" style="color:#009000;">materials.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=soil&did=1187" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1187,'soil');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Soil is typically composed of several layers, including the topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock. Each layer has different characteristics and functions in supporting landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=plant&did=784" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,784,'plant');return false;" style="color:#009000;">plant landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=growth&did=886" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,886,'growth');return false;" style="color:#009000;">growth and other biological processes.
landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=soil&did=1187" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1187,'soil');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Soil is composed of landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=mineral&did=814" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,814,'mineral');return false;" style="color:#009000;">mineral particles, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=organic+matter&did=1581" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1581,'organic matter');return false;" style="color:#009000;">organic matter, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=water&did=802" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,802,'water');return false;" style="color:#009000;">water, and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=air&did=861" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,861,'air');return false;" style="color:#009000;">air. The proportions of these components determine the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=soil%27s&did=1187" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1187,'soil');return false;" style="color:#009000;">soil's texture, fertility, and ability to support landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=plant&did=784" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,784,'plant');return false;" style="color:#009000;">plant landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=life&did=774" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,774,'life');return false;" style="color:#009000;">life.
Understanding landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=landforms&did=995" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,995,'landforms');return false;" style="color:#009000;">landforms, landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=rocks&did=792" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,792,'rock');return false;" style="color:#009000;">rocks, and landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=soil&did=1187" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1187,'soil');return false;" style="color:#009000;">soil is essential for understanding the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=earth%27s+surface&did=811" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,811,'earth\'s surface');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Earth's surface and the processes that shape it. This study guide will help you grasp the key concepts and connections between these important aspects of the landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=earth%27s&did=771" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,771,'earth');return false;" style="color:#009000;">Earth's landforms-rocks-and-soil/hawaii-standards?dictionary=geology&did=1276" onclick="getAsistant(this,event,1276,'geology');return false;" style="color:#009000;">geology.
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