Scales of Change on Earth's Surface

Large rocks break down into smaller rocks and sand because of

• deposition

• weathering

• uplift

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The removal of rock material by wind, water, ice or gravity is called

• erosion

• deposition

• uplift

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The upward movement of large areas of Earth's crust caused by forces deep beneath the surface is called

• erosion

• weathering

• uplift

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Weathering is what caused sand to form millions of years ago.

• true

• false

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Which examples are small scale changes to Earth's surface?

• footprints

• ripples in the sand

• creation of a sand dune

Changes are made to Earth's surface through different processes. After rocks and materials erode they end up in a different location. This is called

• weathering

• uplift

• deposition

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Small changes such as wind blowing sand at the beach is not related to big changes and beach erosion.

• true

• false

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The Namib Desert in Africa has some of the largest sand dunes on Earth. How long did it take to create this massive desert?

• 50,000 years

• 5 million years

• 55 million years

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Continents and Earth's surface are always moving. When the Earth's crust moves up to create mountains this process is called

• weathering

• uplift

• deposition

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Changes to Earth's surface take billions, millions or thousands of years to occur. From longest to shortest which changes are in the correct order?

• continents, mountain ranges, sandstone, caves

• continents, sandstone, caves, mountain ranges

• mountain ranges, continents, caves, sandstone

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