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Earths History Study Guide

Test information
1 Open Response (4 points)
16 Multiple Choice (16 points)

Topic

Information

topic is in bold
Write in your OWN words to help you remember
there are some questions try and fill out this information from memory, then check your information
to help you - answer them using your notes
if you cannot remember, use your notes
Weathering
What is weathering?
What are the different
types of weathering?

Erosion
What is erosion?
What are the major
agents of erosion?
Deposition
What is deposition?
What landforms can be
made from deposition?

Soil
What are the different
materials that make up
soil?
Why is some soil better
for crops than others?
Earthquakes
How does an
earthquake
change Earths
surface?
Volcanoes
How does a
volcano change
Earths surface?

Open Response Practice

I always give open response on my tests. Each part of your answer should be clearly labeled a, b, etc.
and written in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Open Response Question (this will be EXACTLY the same question on your test)
The shape of Earth's surface is continually being changed over time. The picture below shows some
mountains that are being changed by slow and rapid processes.

a. Identify one natural process that can slowly change the shape of these mountains over many
thousands of years.
b. Describe how the process you identified in part (a) can slowly change the shape of these
mountains.
c. Identify one natural process that can rapidly change the shape of these mountains in a short
period of time, such as days or weeks.
d. Describe how the process you identified in part (c) can rapidly change the shape of these
mountains.
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