Rapid Changes

How can lava from a volcanic eruption change the Earth's surface?

• Forming new land

• Making oceans boil

• Carving deep valleys

• Pushing hills aside

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How do earthquakes change the Earth's surface?

• Throw rocks and ash into the air

• Force lava through holes in the ground

• Violently shift the surface of the Earth

• Cause clouds to form and rain to fall

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What most likely caused the split and shift in the rocks' layers?

• River

• Landslide

• Volcano

• Earthquake

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Rocks, loose soil, and sand sliding down a hill cause a change to the Earth's surface, known as a _______.

• Delta

• Volcano

• Landslide

• Glacier

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Which events force melted rock from deep in the Earth toward the surface and build it up on the Earth's surface?

• Landslides

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Earthquakes

• Mountain Building

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The force that causes Earth's surface to crack open is _______

• Landslide

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

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Earth's land that is changed by many forces is _______

• Volcano

• Earth's surface

• Rapid change

• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Changes that happen quickly to Earth's surface are called _______

• Rapid changes

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Earth's surface

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The force that causes new land to be formed is _______

• Earth's surface

• Earthquake

• Rapid change

• Volcano

Volcanoes create new land on the Earth's surface when _____

• Lava cools and hardens to form rock

• An eruption destroys the side of a mountain

• Magma forms giant underground chambers

• Saltwater touches lava and changes it into steam

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