Earth's Changing Surface

The very slow downhill movement of rock and soil.

• slump

• creep

• mudflow

• landslide

The rapid downhill movement of water, rock and soil.

• slump

• creep

• mudflow

• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The force that pulls rock and other materials downhill

• Erosion

• Gravity

• sediment

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The process by natural forces of moving rock and soil from one place to another

• Erosion

• Gravity

• sediment

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The epicenter of an earthquake is

• The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs

• The seismic station closest to the earthquake

• The place where the greatest damage occurs

• The point on the surface directly above the focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries

• Tetonic Plates

• Climate Zones

• None of the above.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This earthquake is......?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Rift Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Boundary between two colliding plates, often associated with mountain building, ocean trenches and volcanic islands

• plate boundary

• magma

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards during convergent boundary

• grassland

• mountain ranges

• snow

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Transform Boundary

• Where two plates slide past each other.

• when two plates collide

• when two plates are pulling apart

• None of the above