Fast and Slow Changes to Earth's Surface

An island is created OVER TIME when a volcano erupts many times. What kind of change is this?

• FAST

• SLOW

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Which of the following describes a landslide?

• A tropical cyclone with wind speeds reaching over 150 kilometers an hour.

• An opening in the earth's crust that allows magma to reach the surface.

• The rapid downward movement of large amounds of rocks, soil, and mud.

• A violent shaking of the ground caused by movements in the Earth's crust.

Which of the following does NOT normally happen after a landslide?

• loss of plant and animal life

• flooding

• violent storms

• destruction of land.

How might you know that a landslide is starting?

• New cracks in the sidewalk

• Doors or windows jam or stick

• Sounds of trees cracking or large rocks hitting together

• All of the above

Volcanoes often cause landslides. Why do you think that is?

• The lava melts the other rocks.

• Natural disasters always happen in twos.

• The landslide is what caused the volcano to erupt

• The sides of volcanoes can be steep, and when it erupts the sides are weakened and can collapse.

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Which of these events does NOT cause a rapid change to Earth's surface?

• landslides

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• weathering and erosion

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Where do most earthquakes happen?

• the shorelines of the oceans

• the borders between countries

• the borders of the earth's tectonic plates

• the equator

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The Earth's surface changes quickly with

• erosion

• volcanoes

• landslides

• floods

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The Earth shakes and break streets, buildings and cause fires.

• landslide

• earthquake

• flood

• volcano

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Landslides, volcanoes, floods are created by

• the humans

• the nature

• the animals

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