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4th grade · Science · Unit 9 of 10

Volcanoes, Quakes & Maps

Earth's features on maps, and staying safe from hazards.

What your child practices

Practices reading maps of mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes and ocean features to find patterns, and comparing solutions that reduce the impacts of earthquakes, eruptions, landslides and tsunamis, using the Cascade volcanoes as examples.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: 4-ESS2-2; 4-ESS3-2 · patterns of Earth's features on maps, and solutions to reduce the impacts of natural hazards

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Mountain ranges on a map often form…

    • single dots in oceans only
    • perfect circles
    • long chains
    • squares

  2. Question 2

    A tsunami evacuation route sign shows…

    • where to fish
    • the way to the beach
    • where to swim
    • the way to higher ground

  3. Question 3

    Mount St. Helens erupted in…

    • 1980
    • 1880
    • 1492
    • 2020

  4. Question 4

    What should you do during an earthquake?

    • Run outside at once
    • Take the elevator
    • Drop, cover and hold on
    • Stand by a window

  5. Question 5

    Deep ocean trenches are often near…

    • the middle of continents
    • glaciers
    • plate edges
    • deserts

  6. Question 6

    A pattern of volcanoes in a line near a coast suggests…

    • a city
    • a plate boundary
    • a river
    • a desert

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