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The dropping of sediment moved by water, wind, and ice.
What is deposition?
The slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Molten rock that reaches Earth’s surface.
What is lava?
Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface.
What is magma?
A crack in Earth’s crust, along which movement may take place.
What is fault?
Minerals can be identified by their properties like: (need at least 3)
What are luster, color, hardness, and cleavage?
What are the three types of rocks that make up Earth’s crust.
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
This is a rock that forms when melted rock from deep below Earth’s surface cools and hardens.
What is a igneous?
Rock that forms when sand, particles, and bits of soil, and remains of once living things are pressed together.
What is sedimentary?
New rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat and pressure, or chemicals beneath Earth’s surface.
What is metamorphic?
Seismologists use this to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.
What is the Richter scale?
Some changes on Earth’s surface happen slowly and other changes happen….
What is suddenly or quickly?
Give one example of a rapid change on Earth’s surface besides an earthquake.
What is a volcano or landslide/rockslide ?
This is caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor.
What is a tsunami?
An earthquake is felt most strongly, or has the greatest intensity at the..
What is the epicenter?
Causes of erosion include: a)Erractics and cirques b) ice and wind c)Mountains and valleys d)Landslides and seascapes
What is B – ice and wind?
Give two slow changes that affect Earth’s surface.
What are erosion and weathering or deposition?
The movement of rock material from one place to another.
What is erosion?
This causes more erosion than any other form of weathering.
What is water?
A large mass of slow-moving ice is called
What is a glacier?
A large mass of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river is called..
What is a delta?
Deep canyons can be formed over thousands of years by…
What is erosion?
Metamorphic rock forms when any rock is subject or undergoes….
What is heat and pressure?
A mudslide is least likely to happen a)On a steep hillside b)During hot, dry weather c)Early in the spring d)After a volcanic eruption
What is B – during hot, dry weather
Causes of landslides include a)Heavy rains and melting snow b)Building houses on hillsides c)Mudslides in hilly areas d)Supporting walls
What is A – heavy rains and melting snow
Make your wager
A reason that the Cinderella tale and characters keep reappearing all over the globe over the centuries.
What are (1) merchants traveling port to port and sharing stories, (2) written recordings in early civilizations, and (3) popular story (good will prevail over evil) that endures the test of time?