Rapid Changes

Rapid (Fast) Earth Changes

3.7(B) investigate rapid changes in Earth’s surface such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides

Examples of Fast Changes

• Landslides

• Volcanos

• Flash Flood

• Earthquakes

Landslides

• Plant and tree roots help hold rock and dirt in place

• Large amounts of rocks, mud, or other material slide down a steep slope

• Erosion & Gravity can cause this

• Rockfalls, Mudslides, and Avalanches are similar to landslides

Multiple Choice

What is the force that causes land, rock, and mud slides?

• G-force

• planting trees

• waves

• gravity

Multiple Choice

Landslides cannot happen underwater?

• True

• False

Volcanos

• Magma is melted rock under the Earth's crust

• If magma breaks through the Earth, then it is called lava

• Lava cools and creates a layer of rock which over time create the mountain

• Magma travels up the vent & erupts out of the crater

Multiple Choice

The world's largest volcano is...

• Stromboli (Italy)

• Kilauea (Hawaii)

• Mauna Loa (Hawaii)

Earthquakes

• Earth's crust is made of many big pieces that fit together called tectonic plates

• Faults are where the plates fit together

• Faults are are different sizes

• The San Andreas fault runs most of the length of California

• Plates shift and create pressure, which causes the ground to move

Multiple Choice

Which state has a fault line running most of the way through it?

• Hawaii

• California

• North Carolina

• Washington