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Landslide Worksheet

This document provides vocabulary and fill-in-the-blank questions about landslides. It defines erosion as the removal and transportation of surface materials by natural forces like water and wind. It asks students to fill in that during landslides, gravity and erosion cause materials like rock and soil to slide down a slope. Landslides alter landscapes by moving and depositing soil particles, changing the shape of hills and mountains. They can be caused by heavy rain, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other factors, and can damage homes and buildings while leaving bare areas on slopes.

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Landslide Worksheet

This document provides vocabulary and fill-in-the-blank questions about landslides. It defines erosion as the removal and transportation of surface materials by natural forces like water and wind. It asks students to fill in that during landslides, gravity and erosion cause materials like rock and soil to slide down a slope. Landslides alter landscapes by moving and depositing soil particles, changing the shape of hills and mountains. They can be caused by heavy rain, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other factors, and can damage homes and buildings while leaving bare areas on slopes.

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Name: ___________________________ Date: _________________________

Landslide Worksheet
Important Notes:

Vocabulary:

1. Gravity-

2. Erosion- the removal of surface material (soil, rock, dirt) and


the transportation of those materials by natural agencies
(water, wind, rain)

Fill In The Blank:

During a landslide, ________ and ________ slide


____________ a slope

Landslides change Earths surface by _____________


_________ and soil particles around and __________
the __________of the hill or mountain from which the
material moved.

Caused by ________________, volcanic eruptions,


and __________________.
Landslides can ______________ houses and other
buildings, and they can leave bare areas on mountains
and hills.

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