Birth of Rocks Quiz 4

What is a landslide?

• A slide that is on land
• A mass of Earth or rock formation that slides down a mountain or cliff.
• A rock formation
• A water slide

Once rocks tumble down a mountain, there will never be another landslide again.

• True
• False

What can cause a landslide?

• Rain 
• Earthquakes
• Erosion
• All of these answers are true

What is a natural hazard?

• A naturally occurring event that might have a negative effect on people or the environment
• The chance of choking on food
• A ride at Knott's Berry Farm

What is ice wedging?

• Ice cubes
• When water freezes in the crack of a rock and expands
• When a seed gets stuck in the crack of a rock

Landslides are more likely to occur if the land is steeply slanted or flat?

• Steeply slanted
• Flat

You are camping in a field during a heavy rainstorm. What is true?

• You may get wet, but there won’t be a landslide because it’s flat.

• You should move. All wet land has the danger of turning into a landslide.

• You might need to move. A landslide can happen even on flat land.