Slow Changes
Fast Changes
Landforms
Natural Resources
100
The breaking apart or wearing down of rocks is called ________.
What is Weathering.
100
Hot matter inside of the earth's crust is called what?
What is magma.
100
What is the low area between hills and mountains?
What is a valley.
100
Name three natural resources.
What is water, air, soil, gas, trees, etc.
200
The movement of weathered rocks or soils by water, wind, or other causes is called ________.
What is erosion.
200
When the ground and buildings shake and the earth breaks apart, what fast change is occuring?
What is an earthquake.
200
What is a mound of earth with a rounded top that is smaller than a mountain?
What is a hill.
200
What is soil made of?
What is sand, clay, dead plants, dead animals.
300
Water and wind cause slow changes to the earth's surface. What do they do to a rock over time?
What is make a rock smooth and round.
300
When there is damage due to high winds in a funnel shape, what type of fast change is occuring?
What is a tornado.
300
What is a high, uplifted area with steep slopes?
What is a mountain.
300
What does recycling products reduce?
What is the amount of waste that is burned or buried in landfills.
400
What happens to an iceberg over time?
What is it melts and slowly moves causing the earth's surface to break down due to movement and water- causes weathering and erosion.
400
The hot matter that flows out of a volcano is called what?
What is lava.
400
What is a tall, flat surface with steeper sides.
What is a plateau.
400
What does soil do for plants?
What is gives them nutrients to help them grow.
500
Water freezing in a crack in the rock would cause the rock to do what?
What is break open.
500
Name 4 different fast changes to the earth's surface.
What is earthquake, volcano, hurricane, tornado, flood, tsunami, landslide.
500
What is the area where a river enters another body of water and drops of sediment?
What is the mouth of the river.
500
Name one way to reduce, reuse, or recycle.
What is (answers vary).
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