Forces of Nature
Sudden motions along breaks in earth's crust are called
What are earthquakes?
Landslides can affect topography of a region. What else can be altered by a landslide?
What are human and wildlife habitats?
As a river flows down hill, what is it doing to the land?
What is carving the landscape?
When a stream exceeds its capacity of its channel, what does it do?
What is floods over the river's bank?
Beaches and shorelines are constantly changes because of
What are waves and currents?
Which of the following can occur at breaks in earth's crust? (3 things)
What are volcanoes, mountains, & earthquakes?
Earthquakes can cause a(n) ______________, which can destroy homes. (3 things)
What are landslide, avalanche, and tsunami?
Over long periods of time, rivers change the land by
What is carving new paths?
Humans can use technology to help control floods. What is the form of technology that is built across a river to control its flow?
What is a dam?
A ___________ is considered an abundance of sediment found along a shore line of an ocean.
What is beach?
What happens to cause an earthquake?
What is the sudden shift of one plate on another plate?
Which is a result of interactions between Earth's tectonic plates? (3 things)
What are mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes?
Large deposits of sediment, known as a delta, can be found
Where is at the mouth and end?
A ______________ is a raised bank of earth built along the edges of a river to prevent flooding.
What is a levee?
The power of an ocean wave is most noticeable
Where is along the shore?
Which of the following material flows out of a volcano?
What is lava?
Volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, or floods can cause
What is habitat destruction?
Which force has the greatest effect on shaping Earth's landscape?
What is moving water?
The use of drains to prevent flooding during heavy rainstorms is called
Name the easiest thing humans can do to help prevent erosion.
What is plant trees? (contour plowing, terracing, build seawalls - any of these, but plant trees is easiest)
Which location is most likely for an earthquake to occur?
Where is on a fault?
Which of the following land surfaces is formed when layers of molten rock are forced upwards towards the surface?
What are volcanoes?
What is happening along the rivers edge as water moves rapidly?
What is eroding?
Seismological studies help humans in many ways. Name one of the ways they help humans.
What are (upcoming weather, storms, the effects of earthquakes, temperatures, tsunamis)? Any of these answers.
What are the three forces that cause erosion?
What are wind, water, and ice?