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Iceland is being changed due to volcanoes and earthquakes. This is because...
Iceland sits on top of the mid-ocean ridge.
Desert Plants can survive with little...
water
If a boulder was deposited and it was the size of a small car, what deposited the boulder?
A glacier
Gravity and Rainfall can cause
Rocks and Soil to erode
What is one cause of earthquakes?
movement along faults
The lower the level of fossils...
The older the fossil is
How do canyons form?
Canyons form when water weathers and erodes layers of rocks.
How does wind weather rocks?
It slams sediments into larger rocks.
Mountain ranges are usually found...
along the edge of a continent
Sometimes earthquakes can cause roads to
Buckle
If you find fish bones in a fossil...
What can you conclude?
You can conclude that the fossil probably formed in water.
When you put rocks in water and shake it, the rocks change. Why?
Water can weather rocks
A meerkat digging a burrow is an example of
living things causing erosion
Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
Along the boundaries (faults) between continents and oceans.
What are the possible causes of tsunamis?
You need to know all 3.
An underwater volcanic eruption.
An underwater earthquake
A landslide.
Which region receives the most rainfall?
The Pacific Northwest. Evergreens and Birds also live here 🙂
If layers of a rock contain clams, snails, and fish. Where can you conclude the rock formed?
on the sea floor
A tree can weather rocks by...
growing into cracks of the rock
How can a farmer use living things to slow the rate of erosion in a sloping field?
Plant crops in directions that block water from running straight downhill.
What is the effect of a tsunami?
Flooding
After a fire in the central plains grasslands...
Plants regrow because their roots were protected below the ground.
What changes rocks into U shaped valleys?
glaciers
A landslide is the result of...
erosion by gravity
What is an example of a living thing causing deposition?
an animal dropping a rock
What can you do to keep safe from natural disasters?
2 things.
Listen to the local news and follow evacuation instructions.