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WorksheetsFast Land Changes (BPopJr)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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What happens during a landslide?
Magma moves up from the mantle and erupts.
Large pieces of land break off and slide down.
The ground freezes and melts when it's warmer.
Water in streams and rivers overflows the banks.
Why can floods be helpful?
They form new islands in the oceans.
They make Earth's mantle stronger.
They damage many roads and homes.
They can bring rich soil to an area.
What is melted rock from the mantle called after it has erupted from a volcano and reached the surface?
plate
magma
lava
crust
What can cause earthquakes?
Heavy rains make rivers overflow their banks.
Tectonic plates push and slip past each other.
Strong winds can push apart pieces of land.
Waves travel across the seas and break on land.
Many volcanoes are EXTINCT and will never erupt.
Which word is similar to EXTINCT?
alive
dead
warm
lava
Which sentence about volcanoes is FALSE?
Volcanoes give rich soil that is good for farming.
Volcanoes can erupt and the lava can form islands.
Volcanoes can spit out ash, molten rock, and gases.
Volcanoes are all active and can erupt at any time.
Both magma and lava are molten rocks. How are they different?
Lava is very cold and hard, and magma is very hot.
Magma is underground, and lava is on the surface.
Lava flows to the mantle, and magma flows to the crust.
Magma can cool to form hills, but lava cannot form hills.
Read these sentences and choose what happens FIRST?
The wave travels across the sea and gets bigger.
The earthquake causes a big wave to form.
An earthquake occurs in the middle of the sea.
A big wave hits a coast and causes flooding.
Which sentence about tectonic plates is TRUE?
They lie on top of all the continents and the oceans.
Earthquakes happen when they slip against each other.
There are five major tectonic plates and two minor ones.
The tectonic plates are part of the Earth's center core.
Sometimes during a storm, water can rise up very quickly and cause a flood.
What do you think this type of flood is called?
gradual flood
flash flood
lazy flood
wet flood
