Landforms, natural shapes or features on Earth’s surface, Earth’s Crust, it is broken into tectonic plates that constantly move., Volcanoes, plates pull apart or push together because magma rises to the surface., Water Cycle, When they melt, the water flows into rivers and lakes., Plateaus, are flat, raised land. They can form on land or underwater., V-Shaped Valleys, Fast-moving rivers usually carve ____________, Erosion, wears away rock and soil using wind, water, ice, or gravity., Soil Erosion, removes valuable topsoil that plants and crops need to grow., Weathering, Breaking down rocks into smaller pieces., Glacier, A slow-moving mass of ice that shapes valleys and landscapes., Convergent Boundary, When two tectonic plates push toward each other., Lava, Melted rock that reaches the Earth’s surface., Ring of Fire, A major volcanic and earthquake zone around the Pacific Ocean., Fold Mountains, Mountains created when plates push together and fold rock layers., U-shaped valley, Carved by glaciers

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