Earth Surface Changes

Why are there many volcanoes in the Ring of Fire?

• Because it has a lot of magma

• It is the result of tsunamis

• There are many forest fires there

• It is on many faults, where the plates meet

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The Earth now has 7 continents because of

• Continental Drift

• Pangaea

• The Ring of Fire

• Oceanic Plates

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Which is NOT a rapid change to the Earth's surface?

• Earthquake

• Glacier

• Landslide

• Volcano

A break in the Earth's outer layer of rocks is called

• A fault

• An earthquake

• A focus

• An epicenter

• A

• B

• C

• D

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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 of these statements describes a landslide (hint...there might be more than one answer!)

• large amounts of rock and soil move at once

• it can happen very quickly

• can cause a glacier to form

• can cause roads and rivers to be moved

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Which of the following does NOT change the look of a delta?

• the height of tides along its shore

• the size of sediment carried by the flowing water

• the number of ocean waves that reach its shore

• the amount of fishing done in the water on its shore

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Which of the following processes is not considered a rapid change to Earth’s surface?

• Volcanic eruption

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Weathering

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Deposition is

• the settling or dropping of sediment in a new location.

• a type of rock.

• an example of a fast change.

• an increase in water temperature.