1. Correct the sentences.

a. The lithosphere is all the rocks and minerals on the Earth’s crust.
b. The huge areas of rock under the ground are called tectonic plates.
c. The Earth has seven major plates which form the continents.
d. The place where plates meet are called fault lines.
e. The plates are always moving.

2. Draw the elements that we can find in a volcano and

write their names.

Students’ own answer

3. Finish these sentences.

a. A volcano forms when the tectonic plates bump together.

b. Volcanoes can be very dangerous when they erupt.
c. Lava can be as hot as 1000 ºC.
d. Pressure and heat forces magma to come up.
 e. Magma becomes lava in an eruption.

4. Read the sentences and write the correct word.

land people earthquake mantle

tsunami

a. The lithosphere is all the rocks and minerals on the

Earth’s crust and part of upper mantle.
b. Tectonic plates can be high and from dry land, or lower
and be under the seas or oceans.
c. Sometimes the plates bump into each other and cause an
earthquake.
d. Earthquakes can happen under the sea. This is a tsunami.
e. Earthquakes can cause a lot of damage to land, people and
buildings.

5. Look at the picture on page 49. Write the words in the correct
place.
lava crater chimney magma

crater

magma chimney

lava

6. Read and choose the correct word.

a) A volcano forms when the tectonic plates _ bump
together._(move up and down/bump together.)
b) Volcanoes can be very _ dangerous_(quiet/dangerous)
when they erupt.
c) Lava can be as hot as _1000 ºC._(1000 ºC/50 ºC).
d) Pressure and heat forces magma to come up.
(magma to come up/go under.)
e) Magma becomes lava in an _an eruption._(earthquake/an
eruption.)