Science Forces on Earth's Crust

How are erupting volcanoes helpful?

• They can help clear land to build on.
• Volcanoes can shootout lava that will eventually cool down on the surface of the Earth and form new land.  
• They can keep cold areas warmer. 
• They are not helpful at all. 

What are earthquakes?

• rolling, shaking, moving or shocking of the Earth's surface
• a giant tidal wave
• an eruption
• a super storm

What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?

• An Earthquake
• Shaking Earth
• Volcano

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?

• An Earthquake
• Nothing
• Movement

When magma comes out of a volcano it is called...

• fire
• lava
• smoke
• igneous

Vocanoes are found...

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

What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?

• epicenter
• fault
• focus
• magma

Where do most earthquakes occur?

• in the Earth's mantle
• in the center of tectonic plates
• at the Earth's inner core
• along tectonic plate boundaries