Clouds, Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, Tornados, and Earthquakes

What is a fault?

• a place on Earth where earthquakes cannot occur

• a fracture in Earth where movement has occurred

• the place on Earth’s surface where structures move during an earthquake

• another name for an earthquake

How do changes in Earth's crust cause earthquakes?

• earthquakes occur when plates collide

• earthquakes occur when someone is angry

• earthquakes happen only in the Springtime

• nothing causes earthquakes.

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Shaking of the Earth's surface that can cause land to rise and fall

• tidal wave

• earthquake

• glacier

• erosion

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The ____________ shakes when pieces of the Earth's crust push together

• ground

• drain

• lava

• ash

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Movements in the Earth's crust causes_____________.

• earthquakes

• forest fire

• magma

• mudslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Too much rain can cause a _________________.

• flood

• volcano

• magma

• earthquake

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An ________________ can cause buildings to fall over.

• earthquake

• magma

• flood

• crust

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What kind of cloud do you see pictured here?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

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What kind of cloud do you see pictured here?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cumulus clouds are _____________.

• fluffy, white clouds with flat bottoms

• thin, feathery clouds

• smooth, gray clouds

• tall, dark storm clouds