Short Answer
What is a type of land on the earth's crust?
Landform
What is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called?
Weathering
LANDSLIDES are
when part of the land breaks off & falls
_____ can tell us things that happened a long time ago
Rocks
Mountains, Volcanoes, Trenches & Earthquakes occur where the pieces of crust are broken.
True
Tiny pieces made of soil and rock are called?
Sediment
Mechanical weather is what?
larger rocks breaking smaller rocks
When the land is soaked with water & MUDDY earth falls
MUDSLIDES, MY FAVORITE ANSWER!
_____ _____ is the age of 1 thing compared to another. The bottom layer is the oldest & the top layer is the youngest.
Relative Age
Trenches is an area around the Pacific Ocean where there are many volcanoes
AND
Ring of Fire is a long, deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor
FALSE; it is the other way around.
Trenches are the long deep narrow valleys & Ring of Fire is area around Pacific Ocean where there are volcanoes.
What are 4 examples of Landforms?
Mountains, Valleys, Islands, Volcanoes
Chemical reactions breaking rocks is called?
CHEMICAL Weathering, DUH!
What are hurricanes?
tropical winds, damaging winds, & rainfall
Preserved remains or tracer of an organism
Fossils
A NATURAL HAZARD is an Earth process that threatens people & property that we cannot prevent. (Examples are Volcano, Earthquake, Hurricane, Flood)
True
What are 3 main causes of WED (Weathering, Erosion, Deposition)?
Moving water, Wind, Ice
Plants & animals breaking rocks is called?
Biological Weathering
Move water quickly & destroy things is called
FLOODS
Fossils can tell what 2 things?
1. Clues about earth's history
2. if there was once water there
NATURAL RESOURCES are made from chemicals.
FALSE; made from nature (water, air, trees)
What would Kayleigh rather be doing right now?
Anything other than STUDYING!!!
_______ is the process of moving rock & soil from 1 place to another &
_______ is when water slows & drops the rocks/sediment somewhere.
Erosion and Deposition
Volcanic eruptions can have both fast & slow change. What are each of the Fast & Slow Changes?
FAST - Lava destroys land
SLOW - hardened lava creates new land
Where do the following events normally occur?
Mountains _______
Volcanoes ________
Trenches & Earthquakes _______
Mountains - near center of the ocean or land
Volcanoes - on coast or near islands
Trenches & Earthquakes - on coast
________ Resources will not run out
________ Resource once it is used, it can't be replaced
Renewable
Nonrenewable