What's It Mean?
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Slow or Quick Changes
Vocabulary
100
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Wind and water can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. True or False
What is True?
100
Volcanoes change Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is quickly?
100

What is a shake in Earth's crust or outer layer?

earthquake

200
Mountains and other surface features of the land.
What are landforms?
200
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
200
Weathering changes Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
200

What can happen when a lot of rain falls quickly?

flood

300
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is erosion?
300
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. (larger or smaller)
What is smaller?
300
Erosion can change the shape of the land faster than a volcano can. True or False.
What is False?
300

What is an opening in Earth's surface where melted rock or gases are forced out?

volcano

400
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
400
Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks (far/short) distances.
What is far?
400
Water can weather rock by: A. eroding soil B. by freezing and melting
What is freezing and melting?
400

What do we call things that come from the Earth?

natural resources

500
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a landslide?
500
All of the following are forces that change landforms EXCEPT: a. wind b. moving water c. glaciers c. physical features
What is physical features?
500

Landslides are quick changes to the land. They can be caused by: A. magma and rain B. gravity and rain

What is gravity and rain?

500

Which is not a natural resource?

trees        water        soil        toys

toys

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