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Fast Land Changes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

What damage could a landslide cause?

a)

It could shake the earth, breaking buildings

b)

It could cover the land with mud and rock

c)

It could cause an explosion of rock and material

d)

It could smash everything around it

2.

How is a volcano caused?

a)

One plate of the earth sliding under another

b)

Two plates of the earth rubbing together

c)

Two plates pushing together to get the magma out

d)

One plate exploding in the middle

3.

How is an earthquake caused?

a)

One plate of the earth sliding under another

b)

Two plates of the earth rubbing together

c)

Two plates pushing together to get the magma out

d)

One plate exploding in the middle

4.

Volcanoes change the land by...

a)

breaking the land

b)

taking away the land

c)

adding more land

d)

flooding the land

5.

Why are fast land changes so dangerous?

a)

because they are hard to predict

b)

because they are hard to get away from

c)

because they happen quickly

d)

all of the above

6.

What are the pieces of crust that the earth's surface is made of called ?

a)

tentacle plates

b)

tectonic plates

c)

mantle plates

d)

shaking plates

7.

When two plates of the earth's crust meet, what could happen?

a)

a waterfall

b)

a thunderstorm

c)

an earthquake

d)

a mudslide

8.

Earthquakes are measured on the Ritcher scale, the higher the magnitude, the __________.

a)

weaker the earthquake

b)

stronger the earthquake

c)

louder it is

d)

the softer it is

9.

When a volcano explodes ...

a)

ash, rock, and lava go everywhere quickly

b)

the lava rolls out slowing from the top

c)

the magma builds up but then goes back into the earth

d)

a landslide is caused.

10.

_________ is melted rock INSIDE the volcano, ____________ is melted rock OUTSIDE of the volcano.

a)

lava, mantle

b)

magma, crust

c)

magma, lava

d)

lava, magma