Arden Progressive School

Lamachaur, Haldwani
Class-7 I Geography I
Chapter-3 I OUR
CHANGING EARTH I Part-
1

Key words

Destruction- the state of being

destroyed.

Prediction- saying what will

happen

Agitated- worried
Meanders- to have a lot of curves
and bends

Moraines- an accumulation of
earth and stones
carried and finally
deposited by a
glacier.

Explain the terms –

Volcano-
A volcano is the vent in
the earth's crust
through which molten
material erupts
suddenly.
Earthquake –
An earthquake is an
intense shaking of
Earth's surface. The
shaking is caused by
movements in Earth's
outermost layer.
Focus-
The point or place of origin
of an earthquake
under the surface of
the Earth is known as
the focus.