- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Lakes
B) Erosion
C) Glaciers
D) Weathering
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Glaciers
B) Erosion
C) Sun
D) Weathering
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) transports
B) breaks down
C) builds up
D) does not break down
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) animals
B) wind
C) water
D) gravity
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Ice, and Salt
B) Water, Wind, and Sand
C) Earth, Wind, and Fire
D) Water, Wind, and Ice
- 6. Sand that is carried by the wind and deposited in a pile is called a ______________________.
A) sand dune
B) sand pile
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) break the rock
B) change to color of 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) Abrasion
B) Roughing
C) Jacked Up
D) Tearing
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Mechanical
B) Chemical
C) Physical
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) Igneous
B) Metamorphic
C) Sedimentary
D) Pyroclastic
- 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) Ash
B) Lava Flows
C) Tuff
D) Water
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Cuba
B) Japan
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) 75
C) 35
D) 40
- 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) 60
B) 50
C) 75
D) 100
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Wind
B) Rock
C) Water
D) Ice
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intrerior and Exterior
B) Conclusive and Exclusive
C) Intrusive and Extrusive
D) Intruder and Exfoliate
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Cool as a cucumber
B) Warm and Melt
C) Harden and Break
D) Cool and Crystalize
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Compaction and Cementation
B) Compacted and thrown away
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) vitamins
B) supplements
C) fossils
D) minerals
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Magma
C) Igneous Rock
D) Metamorphic Rock
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