WorksheetsEarth's Forces
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How are erupting volcanoes helpful?
a)
They can help clear land to build on.
b)
Volcanoes can shootout lava that will eventually cool down on the surface of the Earth and form new land.
c)
They can keep cold areas warmer.
d)
They are not helpful at all.
2.
What are earthquakes?
a)
rolling, shaking, moving or shocking of the Earth's surface
b)
a giant tidal wave
c)
an eruption
d)
a super storm
3.
What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Shaking Earth
c)
Volcano
4.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
5.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
6.
What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Nothing
c)
Movement
7.
When magma comes out of a volcano it is called...
a)
fire
b)
lava
c)
smoke
d)
igneous
8.
Vocanoes are found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
9.
What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?
a)
epicenter
b)
fault
c)
focus
d)
magma
10.
Where do most earthquakes occur?
a)
in the Earth's mantle
b)
in the center of tectonic plates
c)
at the Earth's inner core
d)
along tectonic plate boundaries
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