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Grade 4 Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Mountains Worksheet with Answers

Grade 4 (US) · Year 5 (UK) · Class 4 (India) · Science

Unit 4: Earth's SystemsEarthquakes & VolcanoesNGSS 4-ESS2-2

Where earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains form, and the patterns they make on maps. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Mountains

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Learning goal: Earthquakes & Volcanoes · NGSS 4-ESS2-2

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

What is an opening in Earth's crust where lava erupts called?

Answer: a volcano

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Part A

Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.

  1. 1What landform can form when two plates push together?
  2. 2What deep ocean feature forms where one plate sinks under another?
  3. 3What instrument measures earthquakes?
  4. 4What is magma called once it reaches the surface?
  5. 5What are the giant moving pieces of Earth's crust called?
  6. 6What is the shaking of the ground caused by moving rock called?
  • ATectonic plates
  • BMountains
  • CEarthquake
  • DTrench
  • ESeismograph
  • FLava
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 7

    Why do volcanoes and earthquakes happen in the same places?

  2. 8

    What comes out of a volcano?

  3. 9

    What does a map of earthquakes help scientists see?

  4. 10

    Why do scientists map earthquakes and volcanoes?

  5. 11

    What is the Ring of Fire?

  6. 12

    Where do most earthquakes happen?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

I am a mammal that can fly. What am I?

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  1. 1.B — mountains
  2. 2.D — a trench
  3. 3.E — a seismograph
  4. 4.F — lava
  5. 5.A — tectonic plates
  6. 6.C — an earthquake
  7. 7.both happen where plates meet
  8. 8.lava, ash and gases
  9. 9.patterns along plate boundaries
  10. 10.to find patterns and warn people about danger
  11. 11.a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
  12. 12.along the edges of tectonic plates
  13. ★a bat (challenge corner)

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