Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Uplift
Erosion
General
100
The scale used in measuring earthquake intensity. Hint: Named after a scientist
What is the Richter Scale?
100
This is the name of liquid rock when it is still inside the earth.
What is magma?
100
Plates pushing together and causing material from the earth to be pushed up ward create these.
What are mountains?
100
This is the act of breaking rock down into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
This is the study of the Earth.
What is geology?
200
A place on the earth where earthquakes are likely to happen.
What is a fault?
200
This is the name of liquid rock as it flows out of a volcano.
What is lava?
200
When 2 plates move away from each other and material falls downward, these are created.
What are valleys?
200
This is the act of carrying pieces away.
What is erosion?
200
This is one way we can slow down erosion.
What is plant trees, build walls, or make drain pipes.
300
The INSTRUMENT used to measure an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
300
This type of volcano is short and flat and oozes very slowly.
What is a shield volcano?
300
In class, we did an experiment using rice crispy treats. That experiment was an example of this.
What is uplift?
300
This is one type of erosion in nature.
What is _______________________
300
True or false. Water erosion happens very quickly.
False
400
A scientist who studies earthquakes.
What is a seismologist.
400
This type of volcano erupts violently and is very tall and slender.
What is cinder cone?
400
These are very large. They float on a layer of molten rock called magma.
What are tectonic plates?
400
This is another type of erosion.
What is ________________
400
This is the scientific name for rust.
What is Iron Oxide.
500
This land form will be created when 2 plates collide, pushing material upward?
What is a mountain?
500
Volcanoes are most likely to happen around these.
What are faults?
500
Without earthquakes, weathering, erosion or volcanoes our Earth would look like this.
What is a smooth ball?
500
This is how the grand canyon was created.
What is water erosion? Water from the Colorado River cut a path in the rock.
500
How does rust show up on rock?
Iron in the rock gets eroded and leaks down the side of the cliff causing brown stains on the rock.
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