- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion
B) Lakes
C) Weathering
D) Glaciers
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Sun
B) Weathering
C) Glaciers
D) Erosion
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) breaks down
B) transports
C) does not break down
D) builds up
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) animals
B) wind
C) gravity
D) water
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Ice, and Salt
B) Earth, Wind, and Fire
C) Water, Wind, and Ice
D) Water, Wind, and Sand
- 6. Sand that is carried by the wind and deposited in a pile is called a ______________________.
A) sand box
B) sand hill
C) sand dune
D) sand pile
- 7. Weathering can cause a change in the MAKEUP or CONSISTANCY of a rock. This is called a _______________ change.
A) cool
B) chemical
C) costly
D) physical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) help the rock grow
B) cool off the rock
C) break the rock
D) change to color of the rock
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Abrasion
B) Jacked Up
C) Roughing
D) Tearing
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Chemical
B) Mechanical
C) Erosion
D) Physical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Granite
B) Metamorphic
C) Igneous
D) Sedimentary
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Igneous
B) Pyroclastic
C) Metamorphic
D) Sedimentary
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Pressure and Ice
B) Heat and time
C) Heat and Pressure
D) Pressure and temperature
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Ash
B) Tuff
C) Water
D) Lava Flows
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Japan
B) Hawaii
C) Phillipines
D) Cuba
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Glacial Melting
B) Hurricanes
C) Tsumani
D) Weathering
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 40
B) 35
C) 10
D) 75
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) Harry Potters Wand
B) The Ring of Fire
C) The Horseshoe of Fire
D) The Ring of Water
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 75
B) 100
C) 60
D) 50
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Wind
B) Water
C) Rock
D) Ice
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intrerior and Exterior
B) Intrusive and Extrusive
C) Conclusive and Exclusive
D) Intruder and Exfoliate
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Cool and Crystalize
B) Warm and Melt
C) Harden and Break
D) Cool as a cucumber
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Compacted and thrown away
B) Smoothed and Sealed
C) Cemented and smoothed
D) Compaction and Cementation
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) fossils
B) supplements
C) vitamins
D) minerals
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Igneous Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Magma
D) Sedimentary Rock
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