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