Is weathering an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Slow Process
What ideas can fossils tell us about Earth’s environment long ago?
Fossils can tell us what the environment was like long ago and how it has changed over time.
Can you give examples of ways that the Earth’s surface can change?
Earth's surface can change with erosion, weathering, deposition, volcanic eruptions, water, wind, earthquakes, ice, etc.
What is the process where sediment is dropped off at a new location called?
Desposition
Erosion
Fossils
Weathering
Are earthquakes 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
Which is NOT a type of erosion?
Chemical
Wind
Lava
Glaciers
What is NOT one of the affects a volcanic eruption has on the Earth?
It forms new land as lava hardens.
It creates fertile soil for planting crops.
It makes new lakes and rivers.
It burns the land creating way for new growth.
Which is the process that breaks apart rocks into smaller pieces (sediment) by wind, water, ice, and chemicals?
Deposition
Fossils
Weathering
Erosion
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?
Basic Fossil
Mold Fossil
Cast Fossil
Preserved Fossil
Is erosion an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Slow Process
What kind of fossil is made when sediment fills the impression made by a mold?
Preserved Fossil
Cast Fossil
Mold 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.
Mold Fossil
Basic Fossil
Cast Fossil
Preserved Fossil
Are volcanos an example of a quick or a slow process that changes the Earth's surface?
Quick Process
What is used to provide a snapshot of how Earth and its organisms have changed over time?
Sediment
Rocks
Fossils
Rivers
What is the surface of the Earth called?
The Crust
The Outer Core
The Inner Core
The Mantle
Which is a process that moves weathered rock and soil (sediment) from one place to another by wind, water, ice, and gravity?
Fossils
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
Which is the remains or animals preserved in rock?
Fossils
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition