Rapid Changes Day 2

What is a volcano?

• A mountain that has lava all over it

• A giant hill filled with magma

• A long high sea wave

• A hole in the Earth where magma and gas erupts

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When magma, gas, and ash exit a volcano, this is called an:

• eruption

• earthquake

• storm

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Lava is very hot.

• True

• False

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Volcanoes can be found...

• on land
• under water
• on islands
• all of the above

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Eruption

• Molten rock at earth's core

• Different materials covering a thing

• Melted rock that comes out of a volcano

• Sudden outbreak of something

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Which of the following most likely caused the change to the Earth's surface illustrated?

• landslide

• thunderstorm

• sinkhole

• earthquake

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Which of the following is one way an earthquake affects the Earth?

• Large cracks suddenly form in the ground.

• A big rock slowly moves across the land.

• Hills of sand form as the wind blows.

• A large amount of heat rises into the air.

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Something that happens quickly to Earth's surface to make it different--

• Earth's surface

• Rapid change

• A river forming

• A mountain forming

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The picture shows an island in the middle of the ocean that increased in size in only a few weeks.

Which of the following most likely caused this rapid change in the island?

• Earthquake shaking the water

• Movement of waves

• Eruptions of a volcano

• Piling up of sand

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Some events on Earth such as earthquakes, volcanoes, or tsunamis leave thin layers of clues from that catastrophe in the rock layers. These events that alter the Earth's surface are considered:

• a fast change to Earth's surface.

• a slow change to Earth's surface.

• no change to Earth's surface.

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