- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Weathering
B) Erosion
C) Glaciers
D) Lakes
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Sun
B) Glaciers
C) Erosion
D) Weathering
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) transports
B) does not break down
C) breaks down
D) builds up
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) gravity
B) animals
C) water
D) wind
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Earth, Wind, and Fire
B) Water, Wind, and Sand
C) Water, Ice, and Salt
D) Water, Wind, and Ice
- 6. Sand that is carried by the wind and deposited in a pile is called a ______________________.
A) sand hill
B) sand box
C) sand dune
D) sand pile
- 7. Weathering can cause a change in the MAKEUP or CONSISTANCY of a rock. This is called a _______________ change.
A) chemical
B) costly
C) physical
D) cool
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) break the rock
B) cool off the rock
C) change to color of the rock
D) help the rock grow
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Abrasion
B) Tearing
C) Roughing
D) Jacked Up
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Mechanical
B) Chemical
C) Erosion
D) Physical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Sedimentary
B) Granite
C) Metamorphic
D) Igneous
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Metamorphic
B) Sedimentary
C) Igneous
D) Pyroclastic
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Pressure and Ice
B) Heat and time
C) Pressure and temperature
D) Heat and Pressure
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Lava Flows
B) Tuff
C) Water
D) Ash
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Cuba
B) Hawaii
C) Japan
D) Phillipines
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Weathering
B) Glacial Melting
C) Hurricanes
D) Tsumani
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 10
B) 35
C) 40
D) 75
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) The Horseshoe of Fire
B) Harry Potters Wand
C) The Ring of Fire
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) Ice
C) Water
D) Rock
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intruder and Exfoliate
B) Intrusive and Extrusive
C) Intrerior and Exterior
D) Conclusive and Exclusive
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Cool and Crystalize
B) Cool as a cucumber
C) Harden and Break
D) Warm and Melt
- 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) supplements
B) fossils
C) minerals
D) vitamins
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Metamorphic Rock
B) Magma
C) Igneous Rock
D) Sedimentary Rock
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