- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion
B) Weathering
C) Glaciers
D) Lakes
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Sun
B) Glaciers
C) Weathering
D) Erosion
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) does not break down
B) breaks down
C) builds up
D) transports
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) water
B) wind
C) animals
D) gravity
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Earth, Wind, and Fire
B) Water, Wind, and Sand
C) Water, Ice, and Salt
D) Water, Wind, and Ice
- 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) chemical
D) physical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) change to color of the rock
B) cool off the rock
C) break the rock
D) help the rock grow
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Jacked Up
B) Tearing
C) Roughing
D) Abrasion
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Mechanical
B) Chemical
C) Physical
D) Erosion
- 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) Pyroclastic
B) Sedimentary
C) Metamorphic
D) Igneous
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Heat and time
B) Pressure and temperature
C) Heat and Pressure
D) Pressure and Ice
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Lava Flows
B) Water
C) Tuff
D) Ash
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Japan
B) Cuba
C) Phillipines
D) Hawaii
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Weathering
B) Tsumani
C) Glacial Melting
D) Hurricanes
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 35
B) 40
C) 75
D) 10
- 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) 60
B) 50
C) 100
D) 75
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Rock
B) Water
C) Ice
D) Wind
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Conclusive and Exclusive
B) Intrusive and Extrusive
C) Intruder and Exfoliate
D) Intrerior and Exterior
- 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) Compaction and Cementation
C) Cemented and smoothed
D) Smoothed and Sealed
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) supplements
B) vitamins
C) fossils
D) minerals
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Metamorphic Rock
B) Magma
C) Sedimentary Rock
D) Igneous Rock
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