Rapid Changes

________ or quick changes can occur to our Earth within minutes or even seconds.

• rapid

• large

• small

• slow

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Earth is always changing. There are changes that can take place in a much shorter period of time. For example, when a _________ erupts, many changes happens to Earth's surface.

• Flood

• resource

• weather

• Volcano

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Eruptions happen quickly and are considered a ______ Change.

• Slow

• Resource

• Rapid

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What rapid change causes melted rock to come out into teh surface?

• Landslides

• Earthquakes

• Floods

• Volcanic eruptions

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Volcanoes, landslides, and earthquakes are examples of __________ changes to Earth's surface.

• fast

• slow

• gradual

• slight

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Rocks, loose soil and sand rapidly sliding down a slope are a change to the surface of the Earth known as

• Delta

• resource

• landslide

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What term best describes the following picture?

• Earthquake (Terremoto)

• Volcano eruption (Erupción volcanica)

• Tsunami

• Landslide (Derrumbe de tierra)

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An earthquake is - 

• crust through which lava escapes

• a sudden movement in the Earth's crust

• a kind of chemical weathering that changes the Earth

• a huge wave that washes over the Earth

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Which of the following most likely caused the changes in the location below?

• volcano

• weathering

• earthquakes

• thunderstorm

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Sudden movement of loose rock and soil down a steep slope is called a...

• avalanche

• landslide

• earthquake

• creep

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