Changes to the Earth's Surface Vocabulary

Which rapid change can burn nearby areas and send ash into the air, but also help build up new land?

• earthquake

• landslide

• tsunami

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes solid rock to turn into liquid magma inside the earth?

• movement of the crust

• lava flowing on the surface of the earth

• thermal energy inside the earth

• mud and rock to slide down a slope

Which of these statements describes a landslide (hint...there might be more than one answer!)

• large amounts of rock and soil move at once

• it can happen very quickly

• can cause a glacier to form

• can cause roads and rivers to be moved

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What might happen when plates of the crust slide past each other?

• a glacier forms

• an earthquake happens

• a plateau suddenly forms

• lava erupts from a hole

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these takes the shortest amount of time to form?

• a volcanic island like Hawaii

• a range of mountains like the Himalayas

• a cave like Carlsbad Caverns

• a valley like the one Miss Geiser's parents live above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following does NOT describe a destructive force?

• rock, soil and mud cover houses and roads in a landslide

• new plants start growing on the new rock that forms when the lava cools

• buildings and bridges crumble in an earthquake

• ash from a volcano covers villages, cars and homes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following effects of a volcano is NOT constructive?

• lava can cool to form new islands

• layers of rock from cooled lava form hills over time

• the newest rock on earth forms from cooled lava

• explosive volcanoes can burn down trees and homes or cover them with ash

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these land forms has the steepest sides?

• plateau

• valley

• plain

• hill

Which of these forces is most likely to happen in Tomball?

• a volcano will erupt

• an earthquake will happen

• a landslide will occur

• flooding will cover the area with mud

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where is the newest rock on Earth?

• in the Grand Canyon

• on top of Mt. Everest

• wherever lava has just erupted

• on the ocean floor