Geoscience Processes/Weathering and Erosion

The data table below provides information on some geologic processes. Which event takes the longest in terms of timescale?

_________ are the geologic process in the data table that would take the longest.

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What are examples of geologic processes on Earth that occur relatively quickly and affect a relatively small area?

Answer explanation

landslides and geochemical reactions

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What are some examples of geologic processes that develop slowly but have a sudden catastrophic event?

Answer explanation

volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, & meteorite strikes

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What are some examples of geologic processes that take a long time to develop and occur?

Answer explanation

any effect of plate tectonic movement, such as mountain formation, moving continents, or a formation of canyons, etc.

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Which of the following changes to Earth’s surface is most likely to represent the smallest scale of space and time?

• Uplift of mountain ranges

• Formation of a canyon

• A landslide on a mountain

• Breakdown of rock into sediments

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Which of the following is the best example of a change to Earth’s surface caused by a usually gradual process that is interrupted by a rapid event?

• The formation of a delta at the mouth of a river

• A flooding of wetlands caused by a hurricane's storm surge

• An earthquake resulting from tectonic plate movement

• The creation of sediments by breaking down rocks

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The data table provides information on some geologic processes. Comparing which events would provide evidence of the greatest variation in the scale of time and space?

• Delta formation & earthquakes

• Landslides & geochemical reactions

• Geochemical reactions and delta formation

• Earthquakes & landslides

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Which of the following land features would take the longest amount of time to change?

• Positions of sand dunes

• Fractures in rock formations

• Shape of a volcano

• Locations of continents

Which of the following surface features could be caused by moving ice but not by moving water or wind?

• Smoothing and rounding rocks of different sizes

• Movement of sediments down a mountainside

• Transporting large boulders over many kilometers

• Carving out a canyon several kilometers long

Match the following

• Earthquake

• Movement of Earth's crust, resulting in a violent shaking of the ground

• Plate tectonics

• Relating to the whole world

• Global

• An extremely small scale

• Geoscience processes

• Natural processes that happen on Earth

• Microscopic

• The continuation theory of continents drifting and plates moving

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