Scientists
Mudslides, Avalanches, Landslides
Earthquakes
Landforms
Tsunamis & Volcanoes
100
The name of the person who makes maps.
What is a cartographer?
100
A large amount of dry soil and rock that slides down a steep slope.
What is a landslide?
100
A crack in the earth's crust.
What is a fault?
100
Which of these are landforms? a. volcanoes b. valleys c. canyons d. all of the above.
What is d. all of the above?
100
An opening in the earth's crust that spews out lava, hot ash and gases during an eruption.
What is a volcano?
200
The name of the scientistwho studies the earth's surface.
What is a geographer?
200
True or False: A mudslide and an avalanche are the same.
What is FALSE?
200
The name of a large fault in California that we can see.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
200
The natural disaster that can make a landform.
What is a volcano?
200
If a volcano erupts underwater, one of these can be formed.
What is an island?
300
A tool that scientists use to measure earthquakes or tsunamis.
What is a seismograph?
300
A large amount of wet soil and rock that slides down a steep slope.
What is a mudslide?
300
The shaking of the earth's surface that is caused by sudden movement of the crust.
What is an earthquake?
300
Give an example of a landform that was created from a natural disaster.
What are the Hawaiian islands or Surtsey Island?
300
A series of large waves caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
What is a tsunami?
400
TRUE or FALSE: A cartographer needs to redraw maps all the time.
What is TRUE?
400
When a natural disaster occurs, there is a lot of ______, which is all the rocks, trees, water, snow, mud, etc. that was moved during the disaster.
What is debris?
400
TRUE or FALSE: Earthquakes can occur underwater.
What is TRUE?
400
If we look at 2 pictures of a landform taken 100 years apart, will they look exactly the same or will they look different?
What is different?
400
A volcano that has erupted in recent years.
What is an active volcano?
500
One type of map a cartographer draws that shows where all the mountains, valleys, and rivers are located.
What is a relief map?
500
A large amount of snow that slides down the side of a mountain?
What is an avalanche?
500
California has _______ earthquakes per year. a. about 100 b. about 500 c. about 1,000
What is C. about 1,000?
500
A feature of the earth's surface.
What is a landform?
500
A volcanic that is "asleep" or that has not erupted in recent years.
What is a dormant volcano?
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