Natural Disasters
What natural event can cause a sudden shake in the ground?
What is an earthquake?
What happens to mountains over a long period of time?
What is wearing down?
Name one thing that lives in the soil.
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What can wind, water, or ice do to rocks and soil?
What is move or change them.
This natural disaster can create new land by pushing out lava.
What is a volcanic eruption?
What can happen to rivers over time?
What is changing course?
How can plants change the soil?
What is their roots in the soil.
Which natural force can cause erosion by carrying away soil?
What is water?
What is the large wave caused by undersea earthquakes called?
What is a tsunami?
What can happen to lakes and seas over a long time?
What is drying out and refilling?
What do we call the environment where animals live?
What is a habitat?
What is one effect of erosion on the land?
What is changing the shape of the land?
This event can happen after heavy rain and move a lot of dirt and rocks down a hill.
What is a landslide?
How do scientists share knowledge about changes to Earth’s surface?
What is through scientific knowledge?
What are two ways soil can change?
What is from plants growing and animals living in it.
How can ice cause erosion?
What is by melting?
What natural disaster can cause rivers to overflow their banks?
What is a flood?
What is it called when glaciers move forward and backward?
What is advancing and receding?
What is 5 things is soil made of?
What is rock, air, water, plants and animals?
What do we call the process of wearing away at Earth's surface?
What is erosion?