Changes to Earth's Surface

A Geologist studies

• the solid and liquid matter that makes up the Earth

• the matter that makes up food

• the seasons and climate change

• people and their behaviors

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What is the outer layer of the Earth?

• the outer core

• the inner core

• the crust

• the mantle

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What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

• the crust

• the mantle

• the outer core

• the inner core

What is the inner core made of?

• iron and magnesium

• a liquid bubble

• a cube of rock

• a solid sphere of metal

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Which SLOW CHANGE of Earth's surface BREAKS rocks

• deposition

• landslides

• weathering

• erosion

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Erosion

• Breaks rocks into sediment

• moves the sediment

• deposits the sediment

• creates new sediment

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Which SLOW CHANGE to Earth's surface drops or deposits sediment in another area?

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Delta

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Which SLOW CHANGE does this picture show?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• earthquake

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Which SLOW CHANGE does this picture show?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Volcano

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Which FAST CHANGE to earth's surface releases lava, gases, and ash?

• earthquake

• tsunami

• landslide

• Volcano

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