Earth Science Review

Wind is blowing in a desert. Which landform is most likely to form when wind slows down across a desert?

What can humans do to reverse the effects of erosion on the coastline?

What forms from moving water over millions of years?

When new land is created from volcanoes, what type of force is this?

When plates of the Earth pull apart, what happens to the surface of the Earth?

Which of the following causes rapid changes?

What destructive forces break down the surface features of the Earth?

What forces of erosion change the surface features in both slow and rapid processes?

Can landslides be caused by heavy rain and earthquakes?

What are new land forms that are created when a river slows down and empties into the ocean?

How does the compression of plates cause mountains to grow?

How do we measure the magnitude of an earthquake?

___________ is the unloading of or the dropping of sand and sediment.

How many flood control dams does Georgia have?

Who studies earthquakes?

Earthquake research ________ help to prevent earthquakes from happening.

Can organisms cause rocks to erode?

What erupts from an exploding volcano that can cause lava to destroy the land, life, and any man-made structures.

Erosion results in __________.

What type of erosion has sculpted desert sandstone, leaving behind arches and other windblown formations?

New surface features of the Earth are formed when land is pushed __________ into mountains.

A seawall can assist a city along the ocean by ____________.