Natural Disaters
What natural disaster is this:
a huge ocean wave produced by an underwater volcanic eruption or earthquake.
A. Blizzard
B. Hurricane
C. Tsunami
C. What is a tsunami?
The process that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location and then transports it to another location.
A. Rock cycle
B. Erosion
C. Sediments
B. What is erosion?
What is this describing:
Earth's outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called plates.
A. Theory of plate tectonics
B. Continental drift
C. Rock cycle
A. What is: Theory of plate tectonics
The preserved remains, or traces of remains, of ancient organisms are called:
A. Sediments
B. Fossils
C. Minerals
B. What is: fossils
How many students are in 4B and 4A (seperately)?
22
What natural disaster is this:
a geological event that happens when Earth’s crust shifts suddenly and causes a release of stored energy
A. Earthquake
B. Hurricane
C. Tsunami
A. What is an earthquake?
The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
A. Weathering
B. Volcanic eruption
C. Deposition
C. What is deposition?
Where do most earthquakes occur?
A. The plate boundaries between continents and oceans.
B. The tops of high mountains.
C. In the middle of oceans.
A. What is: the plate boundaries between continents and oceans.
True or False: Fossils can be found anywhere
What is: True
What is Ms. Williams' room number?
251
What natural disaster is this:
the natural process of molten rocks, ash, and gas rising to Earth’s surface from deep inside Earth
A. Rock cycle
B. Mudslide
C. Volcanic eruption
C. What is: volcanic eruption
What is made through this process:
Water, ice, and wind breaking down rocks into smaller pieces.
A. Rock cycle
B. Sediments
C. Magma
B. What are sediments?
The Ring of Fire is a region around the Pacific Ocean that has many volcanoes. Which of the following best explains why there are many volcanoes in this region?
A. The area only has 4 continents.
B. The area is near an ocean.
C. There are plate boundaries in this region.
C. What is: There are plate boundaries in this region.
Why are similar fossils found in different places in the word?
A. Animals traveled to different locations before they died.
B. People move fossils to spread them around.
C. Continents used to be in different places but moved due to plate tectonics.
C. What is: Continents used to be in different places but moved due to plate tectonics.
What is Ms. Williams' cat's name?
Joey
Which idea would be most effective for reducing the impacts of volcanic eruptions on humans?
A. Improving technology to identify patterns that occur before eruptions.
B. Studying the weather patterns the day an eruption occurs.
C. Removing all vegetation from the area around volcanoes.
A. What is: improving technology to identify patterns that occur before eruptions.
What landform process is being described:
created by water and wind erosion over time after a huge plateau, mountain or hill is formed.
A. A volcano
B. A mountain
C. A canyon
C. What is: A canyon
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries
A. mantle, core, transform
B. convergent, lithosphere, and crust.
C. convergent, divergent, and transform.
C. What is: convergent, divergent, and transform.
Ms. Williams went hiking on top of a mountain and dug a hole while she was exploring. She found a fossilized fish skeleton. What could be a reasonable explanation for this?
A. A past tornado carried the fish to the top of the mountain.
B. The area was once underwater but changed over time due to geological activity.
C. Someone caught a fish and dropped it.
B. What is: the area was once underwater but changed over time due to geological activity.
What year was Ms. Williams born?
1999
Scientists are designing equipment to detect tiny changes underground. Some of these devices detect underground movements, the presence of poisonous gases, and changes in the landscape that might indicate that heat pressure is building. These are all efforts to reduce human impact from which natural hazard?
A. A volcano erupting
B. A tornado
C. An earthquake
A. What is: a volcano erupting?
What weathering process is being described?
the breaking down of rocks due to reactions occurring between the minerals in rocks and the environment (example: acid).
A. Chemical weathering
B. Physical weathering
C. mehcnical weathering
A. What is: chemical weathering
What type of plate boundary is being described?
where two tectonic plates push together
A. Divergent
B. Convergent
C. Transform
B. What is:Convergent
The fossils of clams, which live at the seashore, were found in a rock layer directly below a rock layer that contained tree fossils. This evidence can be used to support the idea that :
A. Fossils always are found in the same spot.
B. The area where fossils are found can change over time.
C. Fossils form more quickly near water.
B. What is: the area where fossils are found can change over time.
When is spring break?
April 7 - April 14