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Why are models useful in Earth science?

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because it represents what happens

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Models are a simplified representation of an object or an idea that describes an event that is too complex, too big or too small to study in real life. These models come in handy when studying geology because scientists couldn't fit the Earth's surface into the laboratory to study it.
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