Geologic Processes

What is a Geologic Process?

• Something that people do to destroy Earth

• Something that only happens to geodes

• Anything that quickly changes what you see

• Something that occurs naturally and changes Earth's surface

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Which of the following are FAST processes? Select ALL that apply...

• Earthquakes

• Tectonic Plates moving

• Tornadoes

• A stream forming a canyon

• A glacier cutting a mountain

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Which of the following are SLOW processes? Select ALL that apply...

• Tornadoes

• Tsunamis

• Tectonic plates forming a mountain

• An arch being carved by wind and rain

• Floods

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What is a tornado?

• A huge chunk of dense ice that slowly moves.

• A rapidly rotating column of air that moves through a storm and destroys things in its path.

• A storm with violent wind that travels through the ocean and destroys things in its path.

• A large division of Earth’s crust that moves over time.

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What is a tectonic plate?

• A huge chunk of dense ice that slowly moves.

• A rapidly rotating column of air that moves through a storm and destroys things in its path.

• A storm with violent wind that travels through the ocean and destroys things in its path.

• A large division of Earth’s crust that moves over time.

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What is a hurricane?

• A huge chunk of dense ice that slowly moves.

• A rapidly rotating column of air that moves through a storm and destroys things in its path.

• A storm with violent wind that travels through the ocean and destroys things in its path.

• A large division of Earth’s crust that moves over time.

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What is a glacier?

• A huge chunk of dense ice that slowly moves.

• A rapidly rotating column of air that moves through a storm and destroys things in its path.

• A storm with violent wind that travels through the ocean and destroys things in its path.

• A large division of Earth’s crust that moves over time.

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What is a Sand Dune?

• An extremely long and high wave in the sea caused by an earthquake, landslide, etc. that destorys whatever it lands on

• Hills of sand formed by the wind

• The slow eating-away of rock or other substances

• When dirt, rocks, etc. slide off a hill or mountain destroying things in its path

What is Erosion?

• An extremely long and high wave in the sea caused by an earthquake, landslide, etc. that destorys whatever it lands on

• Hills of sand formed by the wind

• The slow eating-away of rock or other substances

• When dirt, rocks, etc. slide off a hill or mountain destroying things in its path

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What is a landslide?

• An extremely long and high wave in the sea caused by an earthquake, landslide, etc. that destorys whatever it lands on

• Hills of sand formed by the wind

• The slow eating-away of rock or other substances

• When dirt, rocks, etc. slide off a hill or mountain destroying things in its path

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