WorksheetsSink Holes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
According to the video, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed, when do sink holes happen?
When there is an earthquake.
When I water my garden too much.
When the bedrock of the earth is slowly worn away by erosion.
During major construction to the roads.
According to the article, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed, sink holes are particularly common in places that are built on ___
grass
water
the side of a road
limestone
According to the video, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed Guatemala is susceptible to sink holes because it is built on __
Ancient volcanic ash and pumice
ancient sand and shells
ancient dirt and water
just ancient stuff
According to the video, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed , one way to stop sink holes is to __
tip toe over certain parts of land
do not build large structures
not have more than 50 people stand in one spot
do nothing. There's really nothing that can be done to prevent them.
According to the video, How Scary Sinkholes Are Formed, how can we detect sink holes?
Look around at sink hole prone places.
Look for unexpectedly dying plants.
all of the above
none of the above
True or False? According to the video, Travel Inside a Sinkhole, the chances in central Florida of someone living on top of a sink hole is very good.
True
False
According to the video, Travel Inside a Sinkhole, geologist Jerry Black says the one thing all sink holes have in common is __.
dirt
grass
wind
water
According to the video, Travel Inside a Sinkhole, how many sinkholes are there in Florida?
hundreds
literally thousands
millions
hundreds of millions
According to the Newsela article, The earth opened up, and buildings began to crumble in Florida resort, "Sinkholes are common in terrain where the rock below the land surface can be dissolved by water flowing through the land...." This type of land is referred to as ___
swamp terrain
butte terrain
karst terrain
mesa terrain
True or False? According to the Newsela article, The earth opened up, and buildings began to crumble in Florida resort, geologists say that sink holes are very rare in Florida.
True
False
