Changes in the Earth’s Surface Jeopardy LandformsVolcanoes and Earthquakes Water and Wind VocabularyHodge Podge ,000 Final Jeopardy

Landforms 200 A special type of mountain with an opening at its top through which lava or ash flow

Landforms 200 Answer: Volcano

Landforms 400 A large, flat are of land

Landforms 400 Answer: plain

Landforms Daily Double 600 A large flat area that is high

Landforms Daily Double 600 Answer: plateau

Landforms 800 All landforms are shaped by some kind of a)Water b)Wind c)Force d)Tsunami

Landforms 800 Answer: C) force

Landforms 1,000 How are mountains and plateaus different?

Landforms 1,000 Answer: Mountains usually have pointed tops and plateaus are flat

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 200 Magma that erupts out onto the earth’s surface is called _______________.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 200 Answer: lava

Volcanoes and Earthquakes Daily Double 400 Why do volcanoes and earthquakes happen in the same general area?

Volcanoes and Earthquakes Daily Double 400 Possible Answer: Earthquakes happen where huge moving blocks (plates) of the earth’s surface are pushing together. These moving blocks (plates) cause deep cracks to form in the Earth’s surface. Manga erupts from these cracks.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 600 Hot, melted rock and gases deep inside the earth is known as_____________

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 600 Answer: magma

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 800 As more lava erupts and spreads, a volcano gets…. a)Shorter and shorter b)Taller and taller c)Flatter and flatter

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 800 Answer: Taller and taller

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 1,000 What are some ways to protect yourself during an earthquake?

Volcanoes and Earthquakes 1,000 Possible Answers: -cover your head -stay away from windows -sit under the table or against an inside wall

Water and Wind 200 What natural force shaped this structure?

Water and Wind 200 Answer: wind (or wind erosion)

Water and Wind 400 Daily Double Explain how water might cause weathering.

Water and Wind 400 Daily Double Answer: Water gets into the cracks of rocks, freezes, expands and pushes on the side of the cracks until the rock breaks apart

Water and Wind 600 Name two things that can cause weathering (the breaking down and changing of rocks)

Water and Wind 600 Possible Answers: -water -changing temperatures -living things (plants and trees)

Water and Wind 800 How can people cause erosion?

Water and Wind 800 Possible Answer: -When people build roads, houses, buildings, etc. they dig into the earth, which moves/shifts the land and causes erosion. In addition, it can cause rocks to fall, landslides, etc.

Water and Wind 1,000 Name two things that can cause erosion (the carrying away of weathered rocks)

Water and Wind 1,000 Possible Answers: -rivers -water -glaciers -wind -gravity

Vocabulary 200 This word means to to burst out

Vocabulary 200 Answer: erupt

Vocabulary 400 Daily Double The breaking down and changing of rocks is known as ______________

Vocabulary 400 Daily Double Answer: weathering

Vocabulary 600 The carrying away of weathered rocks or soil by water, wind or other causes is called ___________

Vocabulary 600 Answer: erosion

Vocabulary 800 A huge amount of moving ice is called

Vocabulary 800 Answer: glacier

Vocabulary 1,000 A _______________ is a shape on the earth’s surface.

Vocabulary 1,000 Answer: landform

Hodge Podge 200 Give an example of how a plant might break down a rock (or cause weathering).

Hodge Podge 200 Answer: The roots of the plant can grow down into the cracks of rocks and break them apart

Hodge Podge 400 The Earth’s shape can be changed slowly and quickly. Give an example of how the Earth’s shape might change quickly.

Hodge Podge 400 Answer: earthquakes and/or volcanoes

Hodge Podge 600 Daily Double Soil can be held in place by what living thing?

Hodge Podge 600 Daily Double Answer: plant and tree roots

Hodge Podge 800 The Earth’s shape can be changed slowly and quickly. Give an example of how the Earth’s shape might change slowly.

Hodge Podge 800 Answer: By wind, water, changing temperatures, living things (weathering)

Hodge Podge 1,000 What is one way people try to prevent (stop) erosion?

Hodge Podge 1,000 Answer: -People put wind fences on beaches -Farmers use terrace farming

Answer: 1)Magma rises from deep inside the earth 2)Magma pushes upwards through the cracks. 3)Lava erupts from the volcano 4)Lava builds up outside the volcano and cools and hardens.

Final Jeopardy Describe the four steps of a volcanic eruption