- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Weathering
B) Glaciers
C) Lakes
D) Erosion
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Weathering
B) Erosion
C) Glaciers
D) Sun
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) breaks down
B) transports
C) builds up
D) does not break down
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) gravity
B) water
C) wind
D) animals
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Ice, and Salt
B) Water, Wind, and Ice
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 hill
C) sand box
D) sand pile
- 7. Weathering can cause a change in the MAKEUP or CONSISTANCY of a rock. This is called a _______________ change.
A) cool
B) physical
C) chemical
D) costly
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) change to color of the rock
B) break the rock
C) cool off the rock
D) help the rock grow
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Jacked Up
B) Tearing
C) Roughing
D) Abrasion
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Mechanical
B) Erosion
C) Chemical
D) Physical
- 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) Pressure and temperature
C) Pressure and Ice
D) Heat and Pressure
- 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) Japan
B) Cuba
C) Hawaii
D) Phillipines
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Glacial Melting
B) Weathering
C) Hurricanes
D) Tsumani
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 10
B) 40
C) 75
D) 35
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) Harry Potters Wand
B) The Ring of Water
C) The Ring of Fire
D) The Horseshoe of Fire
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 50
B) 75
C) 100
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) Intruder and Exfoliate
B) Conclusive and Exclusive
C) Intrusive and Extrusive
D) Intrerior and Exterior
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Cool and Crystalize
B) Warm and Melt
C) Cool as a cucumber
D) Harden and Break
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Smoothed and Sealed
B) Compacted and thrown away
C) Compaction and Cementation
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) Magma
B) Igneous Rock
C) Sedimentary Rock
D) Metamorphic Rock
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