Earth Materials and Changes

What is a Landslide

• Magma spewing out of the earth's surface

• When snow slides down a mountain

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

• fast winds

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Which of the following causes a landslide?

• Air pollution

• Condensation

• Hailstorms

• Heavy rainfalls

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How does an area benefit from a volcanic eruption?

• Farmland & crops are destroyed.

• New land masses & islands are formed.

• Poisonous gases are produced.

• Roads are buried by flowing lava.

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What is a volcano?

• Movement of tectonic plates.

• When the ground shakes.

• When a tsunami hits.

• When there is an earthquake.

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How does an Earthquake change the earth's surface?

• It floods a city.

• It melts things.

• It lowers population.

• It causes the ground to crumbles and shake.

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What is erosion?

• Weathering over time.

• When tectonic plates start moving.

• Winds up to 40 mph.

• Really hard rain.

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How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place.
• makes the rocks last longer.
• expands cracks and breaks rocks.
• causes rocks to fall in landslides.

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What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

How do plants weather rocks?

• During photosynthesis
• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.
• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.
• Plants don't weather rocks.

Which type of soil has bits of roots and bugs in it?

• sand

• clay

• dog

• humus