Unit 8: Earth Changes

What causes an earthquake?

• shift or collision of tectonic plates

• molten lava

• water pressure

What is an Earthquake?

• movement of water

• destruction of the forest

• sudden movement or shift of Earth's crust

How are earthquakes measured

• an app

• a glass of water

• a pen

• an instrument called a seismograph

How does an earthquake effect Earth's surface?

• reshape Earth's landscape

• build landforms

• form valleys, rivers, and oceans

• all of the above

When did the San Francisco earthquake happen?

• 2006

• 1906

• 1960

• 2016

How did the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 effect people's lives?

• caused a fire

• destroyed more than 80% of the city

• people died

• all of the above

What is a Tsunami?

• earthquakes with fire

• really bad snow storm

• large waves that hit and destroy land

• earthquake under water

What causes volcanoes to erupt?

• tectonic plates moving

• droughts

• when heat and pressure builds in chambers and magma is pushed through cracks of the Earth's surface

The root word rupt means what?

• to disturb

• to heat

• to break

• to rip

The root word geo means what?

• planets

• rocks

• science

• Earth