Chapter 9: Weather, Erosion, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

A volcano is a type of landform.

• True
• False

When water freezes into ice it expands (gets bigger).

• True
• False

Underground, the energy travels away from the focus...

• in all directions.
• only upward.
• only downward.

Landslides are the rapid downhill movement of large amounts of rock and soil.

• True
• False

Weathering is when...

• rocks are slowly broken down into smaller pieces.
• it rains outside.
• what the sky looks like at any time.

The moving of weathered pieces of rock is called:

• transformation
• erosion
• disappearance

Pieces that start at one place...

• disappear.
• end up someplace else.
• get destroyed.

The Earth's crust rests on top of the...

• upper deck.
• upper mantle.
• lower mantle.

Earth's landforms never change.

• True
• False

The place an earthquake starts is the epicenter.

• True
• False