Changes to Earth's Surface
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What is the thin outer skin of Earth? | crust
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| What is the layer of Earth that extends from the bottom of the mantle to Earth's center? | core
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| What is the removal and transportation of weathered material? | erosion
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| What is a huge sheet of ice that stays frozen all year? | glacier
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| What is a deep valley in mid-ocean formed where two plates move apart? | rift
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| What is a break in Earth's crust where rocks slide past each other? | fault
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| What is the point inside Earth where an earthquake begins? | mantle
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| What is the layer of Earth under the crust? | mantle
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| What allows the large, stiff plates of the lithosphere to move? | the asthenosphere's ability to flow
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| Which of these is the due to energy being released as rocks in a fault slide past one another? | earthquake
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| Which part of Earth consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle? | lithosphere
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| During an earthquake, why do S and P waves arrive at a detection point at a different point at different times? | they travel at different speeds
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| What type of volcano is formed by violent volcanic eruptions? | cinder cones
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| What is the correct list of Earth's layers from the outermost to innermost? | crust>mantle>outer core>inner core
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| Where does sea-floor spreading occur? | along the mid-ocean ridge
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| Which instrument is used to detect an earthquake? | seismograph
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| What can you INFER from the chart about the relationship of the numbers and the Richter Scale? | the larger numbers are linked to more damage done
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| You find small rocks downstream from a mountain made of the same rock. What can you INFER? | the small rock was carried by the stream and deposited
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