- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Glaciers
B) Lakes
C) Erosion
D) Weathering
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Sun
B) Weathering
C) Glaciers
D) Erosion
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) does not break down
B) builds up
C) transports
D) breaks 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, Wind, and Sand
B) Earth, Wind, and Fire
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 pile
B) sand hill
C) sand box
D) sand dune
- 7. Weathering can cause a change in the MAKEUP or CONSISTANCY of a rock. This is called a _______________ change.
A) costly
B) cool
C) chemical
D) physical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) help the rock grow
B) change to color of the rock
C) cool off the rock
D) break 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) Mechanical
B) Erosion
C) Chemical
D) Physical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Igneous
B) Sedimentary
C) Granite
D) Metamorphic
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Igneous
B) Sedimentary
C) Pyroclastic
D) Metamorphic
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Heat and time
B) Heat and Pressure
C) Pressure and Ice
D) Pressure and temperature
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Water
B) Lava Flows
C) Ash
D) Tuff
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Hawaii
B) Phillipines
C) Japan
D) Cuba
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Weathering
B) Hurricanes
C) Glacial Melting
D) Tsumani
- 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 Water
C) Harry Potters Wand
D) The Ring of Fire
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 100
B) 60
C) 75
D) 50
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Water
B) Ice
C) Rock
D) Wind
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intrerior and Exterior
B) Intrusive and Extrusive
C) Intruder and Exfoliate
D) Conclusive and Exclusive
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Harden and Break
B) Cool as a cucumber
C) Cool and Crystalize
D) Warm and Melt
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Cemented and smoothed
B) Compaction and Cementation
C) Smoothed and Sealed
D) Compacted and thrown away
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) supplements
B) vitamins
C) minerals
D) fossils
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Magma
D) Igneous Rock
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