Earth and It's Changing Features

Which is most like a glacier changing Earth's surface?

• a bird drinking water from a puddle

• a boy raking leaves into a pile

• a speeding racecar

• a bulldozer pushing and piling anything in its path

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What can be determined about a fossil of a turtle found in one rock layer and a fossil of a fish found two layers below it?

• This was an area where there was water

• This was a desert area

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Which evidence could indicate that a flood has happened in an area?

• A new mountain has formed.

• The sky is cloudy.

• A palm tree is charred black.

• Soil and rocks are on the road and sidewalks.

Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices. Fossils are usually created from the ________ of an organism.

• skin

• hair

• bones

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How did mud and sand help in fossil preservation?

• Mud does not help to preserve an organism

• Mud and sand cover an organism after it dies and preserves it.

• Sand does not help to preserve an organism

How will waves change the rocks shown in this picture?

• The waves will press small rocks together, and they will form larger rocks.

• The waves will pound, smooth, and break apart rocks.

• The waves will wet the rocks, but not change their shapes.

• The waves will change rocks into ocean water.

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Based on the image below, where would the oldest rock be found? Explain.

• Layer 1

• Layer 2

• Layer 4

• Layer 6

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One way to prevent sand dunes from ________ is to build fences along the shore.

• forming

• eroding

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What can scientists learn from fossils? Select all that apply ( choose 3 answers)

• the type of animals that lived long ago

• what the climate was like long ago

• the colors of animals that lived long ago

• what the environment was like long ago

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Moving water is one cause of ________________.

• weathering

• magnetism

• erosion

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