- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Weathering
B) Erosion
C) Lakes
D) Glaciers
- 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) breaks down
B) transports
C) does not break down
D) builds up
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) water
B) gravity
C) animals
D) wind
- 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 pile
B) sand dune
C) sand box
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) chemical
C) costly
D) cool
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) change to color of the rock
B) break 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) Roughing
B) Tearing
C) Jacked Up
D) Abrasion
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Physical
B) Erosion
C) Chemical
D) Mechanical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Granite
B) Metamorphic
C) Sedimentary
D) Igneous
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Metamorphic
B) Pyroclastic
C) Sedimentary
D) Igneous
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Heat and time
B) Pressure and Ice
C) Heat and Pressure
D) Pressure and temperature
- 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) Japan
B) Cuba
C) Phillipines
D) Hawaii
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Hurricanes
B) Tsumani
C) Glacial Melting
D) Weathering
- 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) The Ring of Fire
B) The Ring of Water
C) The Horseshoe of Fire
D) Harry Potters Wand
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 50
B) 60
C) 75
D) 100
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Ice
B) Rock
C) Wind
D) Water
- 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) Warm and Melt
D) Cool as a cucumber
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Compacted and thrown away
B) Smoothed and Sealed
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) supplements
B) minerals
C) vitamins
D) fossils
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Igneous Rock
D) Magma
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