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earth changes

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

why are there earthquakes

a)

tectonic plates are constantly moving

b)

a fairy is looking for his friend under ground

c)

there are faults

2.

why do volcanoes erupt

a)

magma is hot and so is lava and heat will rise with the magma and lave causing it to erupt

b)

because the lava monster is mad

c)

Eventually, some of the magma pushes through vents and fissures in the Earth's surface, then kaboom!

d)

it is such a hot day that the magma and lava will boil and rise over the edge. KABOOOOOOOOOOOM!

3.

how are buttes made

a)

layers of hard rock build up and when the week rock weathers away it is leaving the hard rock in a butte shape

b)

a mud monster named periwinkle made a mud castle and let it dry out

c)

the ground of the earth is weathers away but not one part that leaves a butte shape

d)

you did it

4.

how are arches formed

a)

a unicorn used its magic to create a once beautiful monument to their kind

b)

weathering occurred and a big rock that was standing became a smaller one then erosion occurred by the rock and weathered away the middle of it

c)

weathering and erosion

5.

How are mesas made

a)

Paul Bunyan's foot print

b)

lava piled up and cooled then wind weathering wore it away and then the water from a nearby river or rain eroded the small bits of rock away leaving the mesas we see today.

c)

wind erosion

6.

How are glaciers formed

a)

when layers of snow stay in one place for a long time then they change from snow to ice when this happens for a long time they form glaciers.

b)

an ice dragon froze the land around it

c)

it cold man

7.

true or false. Sandy is learning about arches ,she says that they are created by water and wind, is Sandy correct?

a)
b)
8.

how is uplift caused

a)

some one placed TNT it the ground and lit it so it caused it to KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM forcing the ground to go up

b)

every one one the earth jump at the same time

c)

you did it again

d)

a earthquake shook the ground so violently that the earth was forced to rise

9.

True or false. Dennis is doing a experiment he has clay vinergar and baking soda he says that nothing will happpen to make a clay made volcano erupt with just vinerar and backing soda. is he correct?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

what is erosion

a)

wind or water blowing weathered bits of rock away

b)

water washing rocks away

11.

you said that(weathering is the wearing down of rocks) are you right or wrong

a)

nice you are right i bet money on this(right)

b)

you made me lose $10,99999999999999999999999999999999 i am broke and i need to get twice as much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(wrong)

12.

what is erosion

a)

it is particals of rock geting caried away

b)

you

c)

it is a animal that will grab rocks and move them away