Changes to the Earth's Surface

Is a shaking of Earth's surface that can cause land to rise and fall.

• volcano

• flood

• earthquake

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Is a change that happens when streams, rivers, or lakes get too full and overflow.

• forest fire

• flood

• earthquake

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Earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods are examples of:

• Rapid changes in the Earth's surface

• Slowly changes in the Earth's surface

• Types of landforms

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When it reaches the surface, the melted rock is then called_____________.

• volcano

• lava

• magma

3 fast changes to the Earth's surface are.....

• Weathering, Erosion, landslides

• volcanoes. earthquakes, landslides

• earthquakes, erosion, landslides

• landslides, erosion, deposition

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Which examples are small scale changes to Earth's surface?

• footprints

• ripples in the sand

• creation of a sand dune

Is a mountain made of cooled lava, ash, or other materials from eruptions.

• rock

• volcano

• earthquake

Land and rocks fall from a high place to a lower place.

• landslide or mudslide

• hills

• rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Lava from a volcanic eruption can change the Earth's surface by

• forming new land

• making oceans boil

• carving deep valleys

• pushing aside hills

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following best describes how earthquakes change the Earth's surface?

• throw rocks and ask into the air

• force lava through holes in the ground

• violently shift the surface of the Earth

• cause clouds to form and rain to fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2