Geoscience Processes

Natural process that happen on Earth

• Plate tectonics

• Microscopic

• Global

• Earthquake

• Geoscience Processes

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An extremely small scale

• Plate tectonics

• Microscopic

• Global

• Earthquake

• Geoscience Processes

The continuation theory of continents drifting and plates moving

• Plate tectonics

• Microscopic

• Global

• Earthquake

• Geoscience Processes

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Relating to the whole world

• Plate tectonics

• Microscopic

• Global

• Earthquake

• Geoscience Processes

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Movement of Earth’s crust, resulting in a violent shaking of the ground

• Plate tectonics

• Microscopic

• Global

• Earthquake

• Geoscience Processes

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Which of the following changes to Earth’s surface is most likely to represent the smallest scale of space and time?

• A landslide on a mountain

• Uplift of mountain ranges

• Breakdown of rock into sediments

• Formation of a canyon

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Which of the following is the best example of a change to Earth’s surface caused by a usually slow process that is interrupted by a rapid event?

• An earthquake resulting from tectonic plate movement

• The formation of a delta at the mouth of a river

• The creation of sediments by breaking down rocks

• A flooding of wetlands caused by a hurricane’s storm surge

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The data table provides information on some geologic processes. Which 2 events would provide evidence of the biggest difference in the time and area?

• Delta formation and earthquakes

• Earthquakes and landslides

• Geochemical reactions and delta formation

• Landslides and geochemical reactions

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Which of the following land features would take the largest amount of time to change?

• location of continents
• shape of volcano
• position of sand dunes
• landslides

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Which of the following surface features could be caused by moving ice but not by moving water or wind?

• Transporting large boulders over many kilometers

• Smoothing and rounding rocks of different sizes

• Carving out a canyon several kilometers long

• Movement of sediments down a mountainside