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Unit 8: Earth Changes

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes an earthquake?

a)

shift or collision of tectonic plates

b)

molten lava

c)

water pressure

2.

What is an Earthquake?

a)

movement of water

b)

destruction of the forest

c)

sudden movement or shift of Earth's crust

3.

How are earthquakes measured

a)

an app

b)

a glass of water

c)

a pen

d)

an instrument called a seismograph

4.

How does an earthquake effect Earth's surface?

a)

reshape Earth's landscape

b)

build landforms

c)

form valleys, rivers, and oceans

d)

all of the above

5.

When did the San Francisco earthquake happen?

a)

2006

b)

1906

c)

1960

d)

2016

6.

How did the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 effect people's lives?

a)

caused a fire

b)

destroyed more than 80% of the city

c)

people died

d)

all of the above

7.

What is a Tsunami?

a)

earthquakes with fire

b)

really bad snow storm

c)

large waves that hit and destroy land

d)

earthquake under water

8.

What causes volcanoes to erupt?

a)

tectonic plates moving

b)

droughts

c)

when heat and pressure builds in chambers and magma is pushed through cracks of the Earth's surface

9.

The root word rupt means what?

a)

to disturb

b)

to heat

c)

to break

d)

to rip

10.

The root word geo means what?

a)

planets

b)

rocks

c)

science

d)

Earth

11.

The root word archae means what?

a)

love

b)

bridges

c)

old

d)

ancient

12.

The ending -ology means what?

a)

invention

b)

scientist

c)

study of

13.

What does word geologist mean?

a)

study of Geos

b)

love of rocks

c)

study of Earth

d)

love of earth

14.

Select the layers that make up Earth

a)

crust

b)

outer core

c)

inner core

d)

upper mantle

e)

lower mantle

15.

Where is Earth's mantle located?

a)

above the fireplace

b)

near the top

c)

layer that surronds the core

d)

in the middle of earth

16.

Select the famous eruption that happened in 79 CE.

a)

Mt. St. Helens

b)

Hawaii

c)

Mt. Vesuvius

17.

When did Mt. St. Helens erupt?

a)

2018

b)

2008

c)

1998

d)

1980

18.

Where is Mt. St. Helens located?

a)

Helena, Montana

b)

Washington State

c)

Italy

d)

Washington D.C.