NAME _______________________________________________ HOMEROOM ______________________
DATE __________________________
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CHANGES TO EARTH'S SURFACE STUDY GUIDE
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct word or words that will answer each question. Feel free to use your science
textbook to help you (Pages 318-355).
VOCABULARY
deposition
earthquake
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fossil
fossil record
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glacier
landform
mountain
topography
volcano
A mountain that forms as lava flows through a crack onto Earth's surface
The shape of the landforms in an area
Any natural shape on Earth's surface
When water slows down, it drops sediment. What is this process called?
A huge, moving mass of ice
The shaking of Earth's surface caused by movement of rock in the crust
The traces or remains of an organism that lived long ago
An area that is higher than the land around it
The information about Earth's history that is contained in fossils
SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDING
10. A tree becomes petrified when ____________________________________________________.
11. Deltas and dunes are alike in that _________________________________________________.
12. _____________________________ form where two land plates push against each other.
13. __________________ and __________________ are a pair of landforms that are the most alike.
14. Picture A to the right illustrates this kind of fossil. ___________________________
15. ____________________ does NOT come from an erupting volcano.
Picture A
16. Most earthquakes occur _____________________________________.
17. A ____________________ is the kind of landform that is formed by deposition.
18. A plain has _________________________________________________.
19. Earth's inner core remains solid because ___________________________________________.
20. In the upper parts of Earth's mantle you will find ______________________________________.
21. One change to the land caused by an earthquake is ___________________________________.
22. The layer of the Earth that includes the land that makes up the continents
Picture B
and the land under the oceans is the ___________________________.
23. Look carefully at Picture B. What is happening where the two plates meet?
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24. What might you learn about the animal that made the tracks in Picture C?
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Picture C
SCIENCE
OPEN RESPONSE
Earthquakes
25. The diagram below shows how plates move along a fault.
A. Describe the movement shown in the diagram.
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B. Explain how the movement can cause an earthquake.
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