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When two or more pieces of Earth's crust push together they form ....?
mountain
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Which sudden change in Earth's surface can be harmful to living things? Erosion, forest fire, glacier, weathering
a forest fire
100
What can pick up bits of rock and soil and carry them as they move? glaciers, volcanoes, earthquakes, hill
glacier
100
What do you call it when dirt, water, and rocks, fall down a hill?
volcano, landslide, earthquake
landslide
200
When a river flows over time, it can leave a deep grove with tall sides called
canyon
200
When pieces of the Earth's crust push together, pull apart or slide past each other cause a..? earthquake, flood, fire, volcanic eruption
earthquake
200
Earth has different layers. Which is the best description for the mantle?
hot, soft rock
200
How is a plateau like a plain similar? How is it different?
have large flat areas,
plateau is higher than surrounding areas
plain is the same height as surrounding areas
300
Lava can ooze or erupt from a
volcano
300
Over many years a mountain is weathered and eroded. What land form will the mountain gradually change into? canyon, hill, volcano, valley
hill
300
How does rich soil get into a delta? Blowing wind, flowing river, rough ocean, earthquake
The soil was washing into the delta by a flowing river
400
When waves on a beach wash away sand, you will see
erosion
400
Water flows into cracks in rocks. The water freezes making the cracks larger and breaking down the rock.
weathering
400
Keesha puts some brick pieces, sand, and water in a jar. She shakes it each day for two weeks and notices what happens to the brick pieces and water. What is she modeling? How earthquakes start, how weathering forms soil, how volcanoes erupt
How weathering forms soil
500
A rock break apart after freezing and thawing many times. This is..?
weathering
500
When one piece of crust slid beneath another. Lava began to push up through the cracks. What land form is this?
volcano
500
Which layer of Earth do you find ocean, mountains, and valleys?
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
crust