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Woah! Did you feel that earthquake? I'm going to use my ___________ to measure its energy!
Richter Scale
telescope
ruler
Parcheese Scale
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I thought I could swim in the ______, but my friend told me it's hot molten rock, sooo... =/
pool
water
magma
lava
3
Small pieces of ____________, or weathered rock, gets carried away by wind and water.
dirt
rocks
lava
sediment
4
A ________ monster would live under the Earth's crust because that's where the molten rock is.
lava
rocks
magma
dirt
5
There was a massive ___________ that caused 5 buildings to collapse from the shaking!!
marshmallow
storm
earthquake
tsunami
6
The process of ___________ moves rocks and soil from one place to another.
erosion
deposition
weathering
turtles
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The ___________ of that Earthquake was right under our feet! I almost fell over!
diameter
sediment
epicenter
origin
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Earthquakes can occur at a ______ where the Earth's tectonic plates slide alongside each other.
divergent boundary
transform boundary
magma
convergent boundary
9
Wind, ice, plants, and burrowing animals cause ____________, or the break down of rocks.
erosion
fault
weathering
deposition
10
This happens when sediment is dropped somewhere new by forces (wind, water, ice, and gravity)
earthquake
erosion
deposition
weathering
11
I know this mountain was created from colliding plates or a ________________.
divergent boundary
slippy boundary
transform boundary
convergent boundary
12
I almost fell in that _______! I can't believe I didn't see the break in the crust...
trench
split
gap
fault
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A ______ is the result of vents in the Earth's crust where we often see lava, steam, and ash.
volcano
lava
mountain
earthquake
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The plates here are moving away from each other.
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
super boundary