Earth's Features Amplify

Which statement best describes the data and patterns you see in the map?

• There are equal numbers of volcanoes and earthquakes.

• Anywhere there is an earthquake, a volcano will always be in that same location too.

• Most of the volcanoes on Earth are located in the center of the oceans.

• Volcanoes that occur on continents most often occur along the coasts.

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The students in a science class must find a way to demonstrate how rainfall helps shape the land. Which of the following investigations would best represent these ideas?

• Place an ice cube on a baking sheet, and set it in the sun until it melts.

• Pour water on top of a pile of sand, and watch as it moves the sand around.

• Place a fan in front of a pile of sand, turn it on, and watch the sand blow away.

• Set a large rock in a tray of water, and watch as the rock weathers by the next day.

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Study the diagram that shows the patterns the scientists found. What might explain the formation of these rock layers?

• An earthquake may have caused the ground to shift.

• A volcano added layers of lava causing the ground to move.

• Human activities like building roads and houses caused the ground to move.

• Wind caused weathering and erosion over time, shifting the ground.

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Jamila wants to travel somewhere where she has the best chance of seeing a volcano, but from a safe distance. She doesn’t like to go on boats, so she wants to make sure it is on land. Use the map below to explain which location would be the best place to do this.

• Australia; there are several volcanoes just off the coast.

• Africa; there are several volcanoes inland.

• Russia; there are several earthquakes, so there has to be several volcanoes here, too.

• South America; there are several volcanoes inland.

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the natural characteristics and parts of the planet that make it unique

• pattern

• mountain

• Earth's features

• volcano

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a feature on the surface of Earth, such as a mountain, hill, dune, ocean, or river

• landform

• sediment

• geosphere

• organism

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Which of the concepts from the previous slide can you say something about? Write about at least one of them in the text box.

- Natural Resources

- Fossil Fuels

- Sedimentary Rock formation

- Earth’s Surface

- Landform

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What is your evidence to support this claim?

• All of the fossils are from living things from a land environment.

• All of the fossils are from living things from an ocean environment.

• The most recent fossils are from a land environment, and older fossils are from an ocean

  environment.

• The most recent fossils are from an ocean environment, and older fossils are from a land

  environment.

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Examine the following diagram about how sedimentary rock usually forms.

Choose the correct order of how sedimentary rock usually forms.

• 1. Sediment forms layers.

  2. Wind, ice, and rain break rock into smaller parts.

  3. Small parts of rock fall into water.

  4. Layers of sediment turn into rock.

• 1. Wind, ice, and rain break rock into smaller parts.

  2. Small parts of rock fall into water.

  3. Sediment forms layers.

  4. Layers of sediment turn into rock.

• 1. Small parts of rock fall into water.

  2. Layers of sediment turn into rock.

  3. Wind, ice, and rain break rock into smaller parts.

  4. Sediment forms layers.

• 1. Sediment forms layers.

  2. Small parts of rock fall into water.

  3. Layers of sediment turn into rock.

  4. Wind, ice, and rain break rock into smaller parts.

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What processes produced this land feature?

• Weathering and erosion. Rock has been broken into particles and carried away. Only the strong rock remains.

• Weather. Rock has been broken into particles.

• Erosion. Rock has been carried away.

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