Fast Earth changes

Fast Earth processes

Let's do a fun quiz

Multiple Choice

Earth's surface can change

• Once per year

• Every decade

• Slowly

• Over long and short periods of time

Multiple Select

What are Earth's fast natural processes?

• Tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes

• Erosion and deposition

• Day time and Night time

Poll

Volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes and landslides are processes that occur....

• Quickly

• Slowly

Multiple Select

Landslides effect the Earth's surface by...

• Moving mud down the slopes and covering the area.

• Making the ground sticky.

• They don't effect the Earth's surface

Multiple Choice

A tsunami effects the Earth's surface by

• Bringing energy from an earthquake underground to the surface.

• Making the tide ride a little.

• Water slowly coming onto the surface over a long time.

Multiple Select

A volcanic eruption is a fast or slow Earth process?

• Fast

• Slow

Multiple Select

A volcano can change the Earth's surface by..

• Destroying land around it.

• Creating new islands .

• By costal erosion

• Answer 1 and 2 : Both destroying and creating land .

Scenario

John is looking to buy a new house . He has three options.

1. A house near a river

2. A house near a volcano

3. A house near the sea with a tectonic plate underneath.

Which option is the safest option for his home to stay safe and why?