A Change of Scenery

The top-most layers of the Earth are made up of _____

• saucers
• cups
• plates
• bowls

The Earth's plates cruise along at about _____

• 2 to 5 meters a year
• 2 to 5 centimeters a year
• 2 to 5 centimeters a day
• 2 to 5 meters a day

Sometimes the movement of plates causes landforms to _____

• stay the same
• change
• weather
• erode

Where is the Grand Canyon located?

• in Arizona
• in New Mexico
• in Nevada
• in Texas

The Grand Canyon was formed by _____ and other forms of water slicing through a plateau of rock

• the Missouri River
• the Mississippi River
• the Rio Grande
• the Colorado River 

Which volcano in the U.S. Northwest did some serious landform rearrangement in May of 1980?

• Mount St. Helens 
• Mount Vesuvius
• Krakatoa
• Mauna Loa

The movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill or mountain is called _____

• an avalanche
• a flood
• a landslide
• an earthslide

Geologists think that The Old Man of the Mountain was probably created through ______

• volcanoes
• erosion by glaciers
• landslides
• the movement of plates

The Old Man of the Mountain is a great example of how landforms are both created and _____

• steadily maintained
• continuously changed
• always eroded
• always weathered

Features on the Earth's surface can change over _____

• weight
• landforms
• seasons
• time