Fast Changes/Natural Events

Things that cause a lot of damage.

• respond

• equipment

• careless

• disasters

Movements in Earth's crust caused by a sudden shift in Earth's plates are _____________.

• faults
• earthquakes
• mudslides
• landslides

Flooding can cause

• landslides.
• volcanic eruptions.
• earthquakes.
• drought.

What force causes landslides?

• inertia
• gravity
• mass
• magnetism

Landslides and Volcanoes are examples of ________ changes in Earth's surface.

• fast

• slow
• no
• new

When a large amount of loose rock and soil move rapidly, a ____________ occurs.

• landslide
• hot spot
• volcano
• tsunami

What damage could a landslide cause?

• It could shake the earth, breaking buildings

• It could cover the land with mud and rock

• It could cause an explosion of rock and material

• It could smash everything around it

Volcanoes change the land by...

• breaking the land

• taking away the land

• adding more land

• flooding the land

Why are fast land changes so dangerous?

• because they are hard to predict

• because they are hard to get away from

• because they happen quickly

• all of the above

Hot, molten rock that reaches the earth's surface when a volcano erupts:

• magma

• crust

• tectonic plates

• lava