Fast and Slow Environmental Changes

What is a slow land change?

• a change that takes a long time

• a change that happens very quickly

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Changes to the Earth can happen fast or slow?

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a fast land change?

• a change that takes a long time to happen

• a change that happens very quickly

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Natural Disasters like hurricanes and landslides change the land by covering it with mud and water. What type of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Erosion changes the Earth's surface by moving rock and soil from one place to another place. What type of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When a volcano erupts SUDDENLY, ash, lava and gases erupt and fall to the ground. What type of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Most mountains form when Earth's tectonic plates push together over a long period of time. What kind of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers, rivers and weather erode land to create canyons and valleys. What kind of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earthquakes can create large cracks in the Earth. What kind of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An island is created OVER TIME when a volcano erupts many times. What kind of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2