What Causes Mountains, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes?

Point to the Earth's crust.

Point to the Earth's mantle.

Point to the Earth's Inner Core.

Point to the Earth's Outer Core.

Match the following

• Earthquakes

• Plates Pull Apart

• Mountain Formation

• Plates Scrape and Slide

• Valleys Form

• Plates Collide

Which one is lava?

Which one is magma?

An ​ (a)   is a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in Earth's ​ (b)  

• earthquake
• crust.
• volcano
• core

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Many strong earthquakes are caused by ​ (a)  

• plates sliding past each other
• lava flowing down the side of a volcano
• plates spreading apart
• hot magma

The end of the quarter is coming, do you feel you've done your best this first quarter?

• yes

• no