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