Earth Changes to Land

What happens when the ground can not hold anymore water?

• Tornado happens

• Flood happens

• Drought happens

What is erosion?

• piles of dirt and rocks

• cracks in the Earth

• the carrying away of rocks and dirt by rain, wind or ice

Violent shaking of the ground as a result of the crust layer moving along fault lines; causing a sudden shift in landscape is called?

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Volcanic Eruption

A mountain with a vent from which lava and ash flow is a...?

• Volcano

• Drought

• Landslide

Fire caused by lightning or by a person in a wooded area is a...?

• Wildfire

• Drought

• Landslide

What is a flood?

• a large amount of water that overflowed from a lake or river
• a large amount of water from the ocean
• a deep lake
• a deep river

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion

What force is responsible for erosion of rocks and dirt in landslides?

• gravity

• ice

• wind

• temperature

_{Which of the following does NOT cause a landslide}

• Heavy Rain

• Removal of Vegetation

• Vibrations

• Shouting on top of a slope