Changes to Earth's Surface

Which is NOT a rapid change to the Earth's surface?

• Earthquake

• Glacier

• Landslide

• Volcano

A good way to predict if a volcano is coming is

• Tilt-o-meter

• Richter Scale

• Line Graph

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Why are there many volcanoes in the Ring of Fire?

• Because it has a lot of magma

• It is the result of tsunamis

• There are many forest fires there

• It is on many faults, where the plates meet

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A break in the Earth's outer layer of rocks is called

• A fault

• An earthquake

• A focus

• An epicenter

This forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Weathering

Scientists measured the elevation (how high the land is above sea level) of a certain area every year for four years. Which of the following best explains the change in elevation in this area?

• Lava flows from a nearby volcano built up the land.

• Heavy rains in this area washed away much of the soil.

• Violent earthquakes opened large cracks in the earth.

• Extreme hot weather made the ground very dry.

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Which of the following most likely caused the change to the Earth’s surface illustrated here?

• Landslide

• Thunderstorm

• Volcano

• Earthquake

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Which of these most likely caused the rapid change to the Earth’s surface illustrated here?

• Landslide

• Volcanic eruption

• Mountain building

• Sanstorm

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The rock layers pictured here have split and shifted.

What most likely caused this change?

• River

• Landslide

• Volcano

• Earthquake

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Rocks, loose soil and sand rapidly sliding down a slope are a change to the surface of the earth known as a -

• delta.

• volcano

• landslide

• glacier

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