Match the vocabulary words to the definitions.
water covering normally dry land | a break or crack in rocks where Earth’s crust can move suddenly | a period of unusually low rain or snowfall | A landform that forms at an opening in Earth's crust where magma reaches the surface. | very hot, partly melted rock | |
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Fault | |||||
Drought | |||||
Flood | |||||
Volcano | |||||
Magma |
A volcanic eruption can rapidly change Earth’s surface.
A volcanic eruption can also cause floods, landslides and tsunamis.
An earthquake begins at the epicenter.
Earth's plates are moving all the time.
Volcanoes and earthquakes usually do not occur along plate boundaries.
Lava and ash can spread over a wide area, even covering forests or a whole city.
The place underground where an earthquake begins is the epicenter.
Most earthquakes are not small.
How might a flood in an area that has recently had a drought affect the land in that area?
Earth's surface is solid and still. Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
Why might it be dangerous to build a house on a mountainside?