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