- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Lakes
B) Glaciers
C) Weathering
D) Erosion
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Sun
B) Erosion
C) Weathering
D) Glaciers
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) transports
B) breaks down
C) builds up
D) does not break down
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) animals
B) gravity
C) wind
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 box
B) sand dune
C) sand hill
D) sand pile
- 7. Weathering can cause a change in the MAKEUP or CONSISTANCY of a rock. This is called a _______________ change.
A) chemical
B) physical
C) cool
D) costly
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) cool off the rock
B) break the rock
C) help the rock grow
D) change to color of the rock
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Roughing
B) Abrasion
C) Jacked Up
D) Tearing
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Erosion
B) Physical
C) Chemical
D) Mechanical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Igneous
B) Metamorphic
C) Sedimentary
D) Granite
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Sedimentary
B) Igneous
C) Pyroclastic
D) Metamorphic
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Pressure and Ice
B) Heat and time
C) Pressure and temperature
D) Heat and Pressure
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Ash
B) Lava Flows
C) Water
D) Tuff
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Cuba
B) Hawaii
C) Phillipines
D) Japan
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Tsumani
B) Glacial Melting
C) Weathering
D) Hurricanes
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 10
B) 75
C) 40
D) 35
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) The Horseshoe of Fire
B) The Ring 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) 50
B) 75
C) 60
D) 100
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Water
B) Wind
C) Ice
D) Rock
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Conclusive and Exclusive
B) Intrerior and Exterior
C) Intruder and Exfoliate
D) Intrusive and Extrusive
- 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) 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) Metamorphic Rock
B) Igneous Rock
C) Magma
D) Sedimentary Rock
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