3rd Hour Earth Processes at Work Formative

How do earthquakes form?

• Ocean currents and Wind currents meet and Earthquakes form.

• When rock underground breaks around a fault, this happens release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake.

• When the El Nino changes water currents and starts an earthquake when the water hits together.

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How can you protect yourself from an earthquake? Choose all that apply.

• Run under a car and hide from falling objects

• Go under your bed

• Stop and become a sphere

How fast can a Volcano go?

• 300 mph

• 10 mph

• 40 mph

How do you protect yourself from active volcanoes?

• STAY AWAY from active volcanoes

• Know the evacuation route

• Keep goggles, a mask, flashlight and a battery-operated radio in an emergency kit

• All of the above

What is a landslide?

• Mud with legs running at you

• The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff

• Grass bundles rolling down a hill at high speeds

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What causes landslides?

• When mother nature stands up

• A person throwing rocks at a hill

• When earthquakes occur on areas with steep slopes

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In which Ocean does Tsunamis occur most?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Arctic

• Atlantic

Why do floods occur?

• A flood occurs when water overflows or inundates land that's normally dry.

• When someone says so.

• When it rains.

• All of the above.

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Creep is

• A volcanic eruption

• a fast downward movement of soil on a slope

• a slow downward movement of soil on a slope

How long does Creep take to happen?

• 10 to 30 seconds

• A few minutes to hours

• years to centuries