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WorksheetsLandforms and Forces
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How can erosion change mountains over many years?
a)
It can make peaks taller.
b)
It can move the mountain west.
c)
It can cause a volcano.
d)
It can make the mountain shorter.
2.
Tectonic plates under the earth never move
a)
True
b)
False
3.
An earthquake just occurred. The news is reporting the earthquake is 7.8 on the Richter Scale. How would you categorize this earthquake?
a)
Weak
b)
Moderate
c)
Severe and strong
4.
Which of the following will cause chemical weathering?
a)
Wind
b)
Ice
c)
acid rain
d)
water
5.
What can occur as a result of a volcano that erupts under the ocean?
a)
an island forms
b)
an avalanche
c)
a river forms
6.
A force of nature that is constructive (ex: volcano- building up land, glacier; carving hills, floods- build up the land) → Constructive force
a)
True
b)
False
7.
These are all examples of what type of weathering: plants changing the chemical composition of the rock, dissolving the rock with acid water, rusting the iron in the rock
a)
Chemical
b)
Physical
c)
Topographical
8.
What can occur as a result of an earthquake that erupts under the ocean?
a)
a tsunami
b)
a thunderstorm occurs
c)
a tornado
d)
weathering
9.
What is inside a volcano?
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
glacier
10.
Identify what happened in the picture.
a)
Volcanic eruption
b)
Landslide
c)
Hurricane
11.
A force of nature that is destructive (ex: volcano, earthquake, flood) is called a constructive force.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Volcanoes, earthquakes and floods can be both destructive and constructive forces.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
This is currently inactive, but could erupt in the future.
a)
Active volcano
b)
Dormant volcano
c)
Extinct volcano
14.
A volcano that is presently erupting
a)
Active volcano
b)
Dormant volcano
c)
Extinct volcano
15.
A volcano that is inactive and will unlikely erupt again.
a)
Active volcano
b)
Dormant volcano
c)
Extinct volcano
16.
Liquid rock found inside the volcano.
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
17.
The liquid rock that spews out of the volcano and down the mountain.
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
18.
What force is responsible for erosion in a landslide?
a)
Wind
b)
Ice
c)
Gravity
19.
Earthquakes and volcanoes share which of the following in common?
a)
They both involve explosive movement.
b)
I agree with all of the answers.
c)
The both occur on plate/fault boundaries.
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