What is the surface of the Earth called?
The Outer Core
The Inner Core
The Crust
The Mantle
Are volcanos an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Quick Process
Are landslides an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Quick Process
Is erosion an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Slow Process
Is weathering an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Slow Process
Are earthquakes an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Quick Process
Which is the process that breaks apart rocks into smaller pieces (sediment) by wind, water, ice, and chemicals?
Erosion
Fossils
Deposition
Weathering
Which is a process that moves weathered rock and soil (sediment) from one place to another by wind, water, ice, and gravity?
Erosion
Weathering
Fossils
Deposition
What is the process where sediment is dropped off at a new location called?
Erosion
Weathering
Fossils
Desposition
Which is the remains or animals preserved in rock?
Fossils
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
Which is NOT a type of erosion?
Wind
Lava
Chemical
Glaciers
What is NOT one of the affects a volcanic eruption has on the Earth?
It makes new lakes and rivers.
It forms new land as lava hardens.
It creates fertile soil for planting crops.
It burns the land creating way for new growth.
What is used to provide a snapshot of how Earth and its organisms have changed over time?
Rocks
Rivers
Sediment
Fossils
Which type of fossil is made when the remains of an animal or plant leave an impression in soft sediment, preserved by heat and pressure?
Mold Fossil
Cast Fossil
Basic Fossil
Preserved Fossil
What kind of fossil is made when sediment fills the impression made by a mold?
Mold Fossil
Cast Fossil
Preserved Fossil
Basic Fossil
What type of fossil is formed when the hard parts of living organisms (bone, shell, teeth, wood) become trapped by sediment and saved in hard rock.
Preserved Fossil
Basic Fossil
Cast Fossil
Mold Fossil
