WorksheetsFast Land Changes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What damage could a landslide cause?
It could shake the earth, breaking buildings
It could cover the land with mud and rock
It could cause an explosion of rock and material
It could smash everything around it
How is a volcano caused?
One plate of the earth sliding under another
Two plates of the earth rubbing together
Two plates pushing together to get the magma out
One plate exploding in the middle
How is an earthquake caused?
One plate of the earth sliding under another
Two plates of the earth rubbing together
Two plates pushing together to get the magma out
One plate exploding in the middle
Volcanoes change the land by...
breaking the land
taking away the land
adding more land
flooding the land
Why are fast land changes so dangerous?
because they are hard to predict
because they are hard to get away from
because they happen quickly
all of the above
What are the pieces of crust that the earth's surface is made of called ?
tentacle plates
tectonic plates
mantle plates
shaking plates
When two plates of the earth's crust meet, what could happen?
a waterfall
a thunderstorm
an earthquake
a mudslide
Earthquakes are measured on the Ritcher scale, the higher the magnitude, the __________.
weaker the earthquake
stronger the earthquake
louder it is
the softer it is
When a volcano explodes ...
ash, rock, and lava go everywhere quickly
the lava rolls out slowing from the top
the magma builds up but then goes back into the earth
a landslide is caused.
_________ is melted rock INSIDE the volcano, ____________ is melted rock OUTSIDE of the volcano.
lava, mantle
magma, crust
magma, lava
lava, magma
