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