Earth Science Quiz

an event where people may be hurt or lose their lives

• flood

• ash

• plateau

• earthquake

• disaster

too much rainfall in one place

• plateau

• ash

• flood

• earthquake
• volcano

a flat land higher than the land around it

• disaster

• flood

• ash

• plateau
• volcano

the shaking of Earth's surface that causes land to rise or fall

• volcano

• flood

• earthquake
• plateau

• disaster

a mountain made of cooled lava or ash from eruption

• ash

• disaster

• volcano
• flood

• plateau

tiny, powdering pieces of matter that are created by burning

• flood

• disaster

• plateau

• earthquake

• ash

Earth's inner core is made of hot, soft rock.

• T

• F

Every landform is part of the Earth's crust.

• T

• F

A canyon doesn't have steep sides.

• T

• F

A glacier is a huge sheet of ice.

• T

• F