Sink Holes

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According to the video, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed, when do sinkholes happen?

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When the bedrock of the earth is slowly worn away by erosion.

Front

According to the article How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed, sinkholes are particularly common in places that are built on ___

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limestone

Front

Guatemala is susceptible to sinkholes because it is built on __

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Ancient volcanic ash and pumice

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According to the video, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed, one way to stop sinkholes is to:

• tip toe over certain parts of land
• do not build large structures
• not have more than 50 people stand in one spot
• do nothing. There's really nothing that can be done to prevent them.

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do nothing. There's really nothing that can be done to prevent them.

Front

According to the video, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed, how can we detect sinkholes? Options: Look around at sinkhole prone places., Look for unexpectedly dying plants., all of the above, none of the above

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all of the above

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True or False? According to the video Travel Inside a Sinkhole, the chances in central Florida of someone living on top of a sinkhole is very good.

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True

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According to the video Travel Inside a Sinkhole, geologist Jerry Black says the one thing all sinkholes have in common is __.

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water

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According to the video Travel Inside a Sinkhole, how many sinkholes are there in Florida?

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literally thousands

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According to the Newsela article, The earth opened up, and buildings began to crumble in Florida resort, "Sinkholes are common in terrain where the rock below the land surface can be dissolved by water flowing through the land...." This type of land is referred to as ___

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karst terrain

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According to the Newsela article, The earth opened up, and buildings began to crumble in Florida resort, geologists say that sink holes are very rare in Florida. True or False?

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False