..................... is when small pieces of rock are carried away by water and sometimes by wind.

.......................... occurs when it does not rain for a long time. It may force people and animals to look for new places to live. Plants wilt and die.

Changes to an environment may make it more difficult for an organism to find-

Beavers change the environment when they cut down trees, make canals, and build dams.

Effect :

Fires clear space for new plant growth. Ashes from burned plants add nutrients to the soil.

A .................................... is a part of Earth’s

surface that has a certain shape and is formed naturally.

How can humans protect the environment? (select all that apply)

This layer is below the crust and is made of soft , hot rock.

It is the Earth ´s outer layer. It is made of solid rock.

Inner core at the Earth´s center is made of hot , liquid rock.

The low land between mountains or hills.

Some landforms are made by moving water or ice. Identify this landform which is a low land.

One kind of landform is rough and jagged and much higher than the surrounding land. Which of the following is the name for this kind of landform?

Look at the high rocks in the picture. Identify what landform is shown.

.............................. is a valley with steep sides.

Patrick saw a travel poster with this picture on it.

Which kind of landform does the picture show?

Youanna saw a landform like the one in this picture on her trip to America.

Which of the following kinds of landforms does the picture show?

Plateaus have

Plains are

How are plateau and plain different?

High land lower than a mountain.

How are canyons and other valleys different?

A rock breaks apart after freezing and thawing many times.

Fill in the blank.

Weathering is a ____________ process that changes Earth's surface.

________ can pick up bits of rock and soil and carry them as they move.

How are  weathering and erosion alike (the same)?

A triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into a body of water is.....

Ash, hot gases, and lava explode suddenly onto Earth's surface.

Fill in the blank.

Landslides ___________ change Earth's surface.

Soil being carried away from its original location is an example of:

The drawing shows the movement in two pieces of Earth’s crust. What does this drawing show?

Shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall.

Investigate the damage in the picture. Which change caused the damage?

Is an earthquake caused by nature or humans?

Earthquakes happen because of movements in Earth’s crust. They occur mostly in places where two pieces of crust meet. Pieces may push together, pull apart, or slide past each other.

Like earthquakes, volcanoes are caused by movements of Earth’s crust.

Melted rock called ____ explodes onto Earth’s surface.

Soil that is washed away from a riverbank ends up somewhere else. As a river nears the ocean, the water moves more slowly. The rocks and soil in the river are dropped. This process makes a landform called ..................

This sculpture went through