Vocabulary
what is called when something happens over small geographical areas
Small Scale
Name 2 Rapid Changes to Earth's Surface
i.e., Volcanic Eruption, Landslide, Tsunami, Earthquake
Name 2 Landforms that occur because of slow changes.
i.e., Canyon, Sand Dunes, Valley, Mesa, Delta
What are the three rock types?
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous
During a landslide, what causes the rocks and soil to fall down the slope?
Gravity
A process that forms and shapes Earth's landforms and surfaces. It can be destructive or constructive.
Geoscience Processes
An earthquake can cause ____________ changes.
rapid/quick
How is a sand dune formed?
Deposition - sand is picked up by the wind and carried to another place, then dropped.
How is a sedimentary rock formed?
Cementation and Compaction
What is the liquid rock that comes out of a volcano?
Changes that occur within seconds or minutes.
Rapid Geological Process
True or False - volcanic eruptions can't form new land.
False - they do create new land in a very short about of time.
What are the three agents that give us our unique landforms?
Think about how they are formed.
Weather, Erosion, and Deposition
How is an igneous rock formed?
Cooling of Magma
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Landslides, and Floods are all examples of?
A process that happens over large geographical areas.
Large Scale
Which takes longer to create a change to Earth's surface: Tsunami or Earthquake
Tsunami
What is the difference about how a valley and how a canyon are formed?
Canyons have sharp, steep edges carved out by a river. V-Shaped
Valleys are formed by glaciers that have moved through and melted. U-Shaped
When looking at rapid changes - which one would give us more igneous rocks?
Volcanic Eruption
What killed the dinosaurs? Was it a rapid process or slow?
Meteor - Rapid Process
Changes that take place very slowly and may take hours, days, or months to complete.
Slow Geological Process
What type of change to Earth's surface is most likely to take the least amount of time and the least amount of space?
Think about what this category is called - look at those notes
A landslide - they are quick and only effect the small area they occur in.
What two things play a large part in the changing of Earth's surface?
Water and Gravity
What is the name of the tallest grass on Earth?
Bamboo