Fast and Slow Changes of Earth

Are considered slow changes to Earth's surface.

• Earthquake

• Weathering

• Flood

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Is considered a fast change to Earth's surface.

• Weathering

• Volcano

The melted rocks underground that explodes out of a volcano.

• Rock

• Lava

• Magma

• Outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Some deserts have very large hills made of sand. Which of these causes of erosion brings sand to a desert?

• glaciers

• gravity

• water

• wind

Erosion takes soil away from some places and drops it in other places. Which landform is made when soil carried by a river is dropped near the ocean?

• A canyon

• A cliff

• A valley

• A delta

Hadi sees this picture in his science book. What kind of natural disasters does it represent?

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Drought

• Flood

A shaking of Earth’s Surface that can cause land to rise or fall.

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Weathering is caused by freezing and ___________of water inside the cracks of rocks.

• Melting

• Thawing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When rainfall carries mud into a river is an example of?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Earthquake

• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When tree roots go deep into the ground and causes cracks in the underground layer, is an example of?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Earthquake

• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2