- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Lakes
B) Glaciers
C) Erosion
D) Weathering
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Erosion
B) Weathering
C) Glaciers
D) Sun
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) transports
B) builds up
C) does not break down
D) breaks down
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) animals
B) wind
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 pile
B) sand box
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) chemical
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) Tearing
B) Abrasion
C) Jacked Up
D) Roughing
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Chemical
B) Erosion
C) Physical
D) Mechanical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Granite
B) Metamorphic
C) Igneous
D) Sedimentary
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Metamorphic
B) Igneous
C) Sedimentary
D) Pyroclastic
- 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) Ash
B) Lava Flows
C) Tuff
D) Water
- 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) Tsumani
D) Hurricanes
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 35
B) 75
C) 40
D) 10
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) The Ring of Water
B) Harry Potters Wand
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) 50
B) 75
C) 100
D) 60
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Wind
B) Water
C) Ice
D) Rock
- 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) Warm and Melt
B) Cool as a cucumber
C) Harden and Break
D) Cool and Crystalize
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Compacted and thrown away
B) Compaction and Cementation
C) Smoothed and Sealed
D) Cemented and smoothed
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) fossils
B) minerals
C) supplements
D) vitamins
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Igneous Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Magma
D) Sedimentary Rock
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