Lesson 1:Vocabulary
Lesson 2:Vocabulary
Landslides
Earthquakes
Random
100
a thick sheet of ice
What is glacier
100
A giant wave of water
What is a tsunami
100
water and soil rush down a hillside or mountain
What is a mudslide
100
Earthquakes have lasted a ________ or less
What is minute
100
Name 1 thing that causes sudden change to the land
What is earthquakes, volcanoes or landslides
200
A mixture of small rocks, sand and soil
What is a till
200
A sudden shaking of the ground
What is an earthquake
200
Mud, ash and rock rush down the side of a volcano
What is a lahar
200
How can earthquakes change the land. Provide at least two examples.
What is crack roads, cause buildings and bridges to fall, mountains can collapse, fences fall down, etc.
200
Melted rock when it flows OVER the Earth's surface
What is lava
300
The process that removes rock, sand and soil
What is erosion
300
A mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust
What is a volcano
300
Mudslides and lahars are caused by________
What is gravity
300
We use this to measure the strength of an earthquake
What is a Richter Scale
300
True or False.. An earthquake has never happened in Indiana
What is FALSE.. They are unlikely to occur, but they have happened.
400
The dropping off of weathered rock, sand and soil
What is deposition
400
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down a hill
What is a landslide
400
Triggered by rain
What is mudslide
400
Earthquakes start here
What is the crust (Earth's surface)
400
How could you show that water expands when it freezes?
What is put a bottle of water in the freezer overnight, the bottle will expand.
500
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering
500
Melted rock when it is deep below Earth's surface
What is magma
500
Triggered by volcanic eruption
What is a lahar
500
Where do the vibrations from an earthquake travel?
What is in all directions, away from the center of the earthquake
500
Name 1 cause of weathering
What is ocean waves, scraping, rain and/or plant's roots
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