Earthquake

Earthquakes are caused by _________________.

• The movement of the tectonic plates

• High winds

• Chunks of lava from volcanoes

• Dropping something really heavy

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The location with the largest concentration of volcanoes in the world is called the...

• Great Plate Boundary

• Ring of Fire

• Volcano Alley

• Hot Spot

What does it mean by "shaking" in the text?

• Shake away

• Shake is an action

• Shaking is when an up and down movement

• Shaking makes you tremble

When does an Earthquake happen?

• Yesterday

• Tomorrow

• Anytime

• I don't know

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What recent year did Malaysia was hit by a tsunami?

• 2004

• 2003

• 2001

• 2002

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Which is one way earthquakes change the land?

• They pick up weathered rock and move it

• They cause cracks in the Earth's surface

• They release ash and melted rock

• They help form soil

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Earthquakes are MOST LIKELY near?

• Deltas

• Volcanoes

• Moraines

• Faults

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Which landforms may form as a result of volcanic eruptions?

• Floodplain

• Cliffs

• Mountains

• Deltas

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______________ an opening in Earth's surface that lets hot, melted rock and gases escape.

• Glacier

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Soil

______________ a shaking of the ground that happens when rock breaks and moves suddenly.

• Glacier

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Soil

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