Falling rocks that may from a delta are part of this process.
What is deposition?
100
When there is movement of rocks along a fault, this can cause:
What is an earthquake?
100
This is formed by the wind.
What is a dune?
100
When water freezes and then thaws again within a rock, it can cause
What is weathering?
100
What do we call the subtance that flows from a volcano?
What is lava?
200
Earthquakes most commonly take place near:
What is faults?
200
As weathering eats away pockets of limestone underground, what are likely to form?
What are caves?
200
The process of building walls to hold the soil in place on a sloped landscape to keep the soil from eroding.
What is terracing?
200
True or False. Scientist can measure the size of an earthquake.
What is True?
200
Which geographical feature is formed by water erosion?
What is a canyon?
300
This is an instrument used to measure an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
300
This process could cause rivers to get wider and beaches to get smaller.
What is erosion?
300
Wyatt is riding his bike and suddenly he observes rock and soil sliding down a hill near his house. He is probably witnessing:
What is a landslide caused by gravity?
300
A person who studies earthquakes is called:
What is a seismologist?
300
As one tectonic plate is pushed under another, magma is released to the surface forming
What is a volcano?
400
A seismological study finds that there may be large increase in the number of earthquakes occurring in a certain area. What action should be taken to control the possible damage?
( A) Buildings in the area would be designed to withstand the earthquakes.
(B) Scientist should try to prevent the earthquakes from occurring.
(C) People should be forced to leave and sell their homes.
(D) Roads in the area sould be changed so people can travel around the area.
What is (A)?
400
At the boundary of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, what surface features are present?
What is faults?
400
Lava that flows from a volcano may form this over a period of time.
What are mountains?
400
True or False. Can Scientist predict "exactly' when an earthquake will happen?
What is false?
400
A huge ocean wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor is called:
What is a tsunami?
500
Which surface feature forms from the deposition of sand and silt particles?
What is a delta?
500
Seismographs create a record that records the earth's movement. What is this record called?
What is a seismogram?
500
If people are building dams, levees, and a better water drain system for their town, they are most likely expecting a:
What is a flood?
500
Materials that are moved or deposited by water, glaciers or wind is called
What is sediment?
500
Scientist use this instruments to predict when a tsunamis may occur.