Volcanoes
Faults
Earthquakes
Depositions
Erosion and Weathering
100
True or false? A volcano is an opening[usually in a mountain], in the Earth's surface from which gas, hot magma, and ash can escape.
True, magma, lava, and ash escaping, happens during an eruption.
100
A fault is a break in Earth's crust. True or false?
True, a fault cracks Earth's surface.
100
True or false? An Earthquake is a sudden shaking of the Earth's surface.
True, earthquakes are a sudden and violent shake on Earth's surface.
100
True or false? Deposition is the dropping of pieces of rocks into a new location.
True, deposition drops sediment into a new location.
100
The moving of rocks after weathering.
What is erosion?
200
Hot liquid once it leaves the volcano is known as...
What is lava?
200
A fault can cause a volcano. True or false?
True, faults have a slight chance of causing a volcano.
200
A scientist that studies earthquakes is called a...
What is a seismologist?
200
The particles of rocks that are deposited by wind, or water.
What is sediment?
200
The breaking down of a land form.
What is weathering?
300
Hot liquid rock that is inside a volcano.
What is magma?
300
A destructive force that can cause an earthquake is a fault. True or false?
True, when the surface is cracked, the surface can cause an earthquake.
300
A tool that measures the duration of an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
300
True or false? Deposition makes Earth's surface look different over time?
True, over time the surface starts to change.
300
True or false? There is only one type of weathering.
False, there are 3 types of weathering, chemical, organic, and mechanical.
400
A land form that can be formed by dried up magma.
What is a mountain?
400
When the force that holds a rock together becomes stressed, it causes faulting. True or false?
True, when the rock gets stressed, the rock cracks or breaks.
400
The point of Earth's surface that is right above the source of an earthquake.
What is an epicenter?
400
What are 5 main ways that sediments can be deposited by?
What are ice, waves, wind, water,and gravity?
400
A land form that located in Northwestern Arizona that has been weathered and shaped into what it is now.
What is the Grand Canyon?
500
Volcanoes can only be found on land. True or false?
False, volcanoes can be found under ice caps or on the ocean floor.
500
There is only one type of fault. True or false?
False, there are 3 different types of faults. Normal fault, thrust fault[also called reverse fault], and strike-slip fault.
500
A measurement of an earthquake's intensity is called a...
What is a Richter Scale?
500
A land form that can be formed by deposition that is a narrow stream that leads into a big body of water
What is a delta?
500
Something that is formed to protect the mainland from wave erosion.
What are Barrier islands?
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