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