Natural Events Worksheet
Explore natural events like volcanoes, earthquakes, and tornadoes with this Grade 4 science worksheet.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Some questions may require you to look at a diagram.
1. What is a natural event?
Something made by humans
An event that occurs in nature without human influence
A planned party
A story from a book
2. Which of these is NOT a natural event?
Volcano eruption
Earthquake
Building a house
Tornado
3. Earthquakes happen when the Earth's plates suddenly move.
True
False
4. All volcanoes are always erupting.
True
False
5. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where and ash can escape.
6. A is a rotating column of air that stretches from a thunderstorm to the ground.
7. Look at the diagram below. What is coming out of the top of the volcano?
8. Look at the diagram below. What does the arrow point to in the earthquake diagram?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
9. The liquid rock that flows out of a volcano is called .
10. The point on the Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts is the .