Earth's Shifting Surface · Earth and Space

Slow and Fast Earth Changes

Comparing the timescales of geological events from earthquakes to the formation of canyons.

Key Questions

  1. 1Which changes to the Earth happen in a blink and which take a lifetime?
  2. 2How can we tell if a landscape looked different a hundred years ago?
  3. 3What causes the Earth to shake or explode suddenly?

Common Core State Standards

2-ESS1-1
Grade: 2nd Grade
Subject: Science
Unit: Earth's Shifting Surface
Period: Earth and Space

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