- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion
B) Lakes
C) Weathering
D) Glaciers
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Glaciers
B) Weathering
C) Erosion
D) Sun
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) does not break down
B) builds up
C) breaks down
D) transports
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) wind
B) animals
C) gravity
D) water
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Wind, and Sand
B) Water, Wind, and Ice
C) Earth, Wind, and Fire
D) Water, Ice, and Salt
- 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) physical
B) costly
C) cool
D) chemical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) help the rock grow
B) break the rock
C) cool off the rock
D) change to color of the rock
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Tearing
B) Abrasion
C) Roughing
D) Jacked Up
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Mechanical
B) Physical
C) Chemical
D) Erosion
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Sedimentary
B) Igneous
C) Granite
D) Metamorphic
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Sedimentary
B) Pyroclastic
C) Metamorphic
D) Igneous
- 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) Ash
B) Water
C) Tuff
D) Lava Flows
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Phillipines
B) Hawaii
C) Cuba
D) Japan
- 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) 75
B) 35
C) 10
D) 40
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) Harry Potters Wand
B) The Ring of Water
C) The Horseshoe of Fire
D) The Ring of Fire
- 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) Rock
B) Water
C) Ice
D) Wind
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intrusive and Extrusive
B) Conclusive and Exclusive
C) Intrerior and Exterior
D) Intruder and Exfoliate
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Cool as a cucumber
B) Harden and Break
C) Cool and Crystalize
D) Warm and Melt
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Cemented and smoothed
B) Smoothed and Sealed
C) Compaction and Cementation
D) Compacted and thrown away
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) vitamins
B) minerals
C) fossils
D) supplements
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Magma
D) Igneous Rock
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