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Earth's Process

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  • What could farmers use as a windbreak?
    trees, bushes, or fences
  • Is a volcano eruption a quick or slow change to the Earth?
    quick
  • Is deposition a quick or slow change to the Earth?
    slow
  • The hole at the top of a volcano is called a
    crater
  • a short wall that is made along rivers out of dirt or rocks
    levee
  • How can a volcano change the Earth's surface?
    -it can cover things in lava and can burn and kill things
  • How can a flood change the Earth's Surface?
    it can cover the dry land quickly with water, knock over trees, and ruin houses
  • Erosion is when small bits of rock, sand, or soil are ....
    removed
  • What is a dike?
    A long wall built to hold back ocean water
  • Why would people want to build a dike?
    it holds back ocean water so they can make dry ground
  • Why would a farmer want to use a windbreak?
    it would help protect their fields and crops
  • Is a landslde a quick or slow change to the Earth?
    quick
  • A flood is when large amounts of _____________ quickly cover dry land.
    water
  • Is a flood a quick or slow change to the Earth?
    quick
  • Is an earthquake a quick or slow change to the Earth?
    quick
  • The breaking up of rocks by weather or plants is called
    weathering
  • How can an earthquake change the Earth's surface?
    it can knock down buildings and trees, it can break roads
  • Is erosion a quick or slow change to the Earth?
    slow
  • When the Earth starts shaking this is an
    earthquake
  • Is weathering a quick or slow change to the Earth?
    slow
  • What do we call it when small pieces of rock, sand, and soil get dropped in new places?
    deposition
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