How the Earth Changes
VOCABULARY
From the Story
100

What is it called when wind and water change the shape of the Eart

What is EROSION

100

Nearby it is not far away


What is LOCAL

100

Which sentence explains EROSION:

A. Big storms have many properties

B. An island is land circled by water

C. Wind and water change the shape of the Earth

C. Wind and water change the shape of the Earth

200

What is something that causes strong waves?

What is BIG STORMS

200

Hard and strong

What is SOLID

200

Which sentence explains how waves cause erosion?

A. Each wave carries away sand

B. Wind can wear away land also

C. Big storms have many properties

A. Each wavy carries away sand

300

What causes the most erosion at the beach?

What is WAVES

300

land surrounded by water

What is an ISLAND

300

What does the photo of a long line of rocks show in the story?

A. How a building can be washed away

B. A sea wall that people built to stop erosion

C. A kind of house that people built

B. A sea wall that people built to stop erosion

400

What do waves carry away from the bottom of cliffs?

What is BITS OF ROCK
400

to break apart quickly into small pieces, blow-up

What is EXPLODE

400

Which sentence tell us one property of big storms?

A. Big storms have many properties

B. Some towns make rules about new buildings

C. Big storms have strong waves

C. Big storms have strong waves

500

What can stop erosion at beaches?

What is SEA WALLS
500
the planet where we live

What is the EARTH

500

Which sentence explains how sea wall help stop erosion?

A. Many towns are near beaches

B. When waves hit the wall, they slow down

C. Some buildings can even be washed away

B. When waves hit the wall, they slow down