Slow and Rapid Changes to the Earth's Surface

What is a Landslide?

• opening in the Earth's surface through which molten rock, ash, and gasses are ejected.

• the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from the side of a mountain or cliff.

• a shaking movement of the ground caused by a sudden shift of the Earth's crust

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What is Weathering?

• the breaking down of rock (Earths crust) into soil.

• the carrying away of weathered rock

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What is erosion?

• the breaking down of rock (Earths crust) into soil.

• the carrying away of weathered rock

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• Weathering

• Erosion

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• Weathering

• Erosion

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What are some causes of weathering?

• construction, builders, woodcutters

• wind, water, temperature/ weather

• animals, humans, insects

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What is a glacier?

• a road

• part of a desert

• huge, thick masses of ice that move slowly

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What type of change to the earth's surface is a glacier?

• Slow change

• Rapid change

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What are some examples of slow changes to the earth?

• Volcano, earthquake, landslide

• weathering, erosion, glacier

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What are some examples of rapid changes to the earth?

• Volcano, earthquake, landslide

• weathering, erosion, glacier

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