- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion
B) Lakes
C) Glaciers
D) Weathering
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Erosion
B) Glaciers
C) Sun
D) Weathering
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) breaks down
B) builds up
C) transports
D) does not break down
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) water
B) animals
C) wind
D) gravity
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Earth, Wind, and Fire
B) Water, Wind, and Ice
C) Water, Ice, and Salt
D) Water, Wind, and Sand
- 6. Sand that is carried by the wind and deposited in a pile is called a ______________________.
A) sand box
B) sand hill
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) physical
B) costly
C) cool
D) chemical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) break the rock
B) help the rock grow
C) cool off the rock
D) change to color of the rock
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Tearing
B) Roughing
C) Abrasion
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) Granite
B) Sedimentary
C) Igneous
D) Metamorphic
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Igneous
B) Pyroclastic
C) Metamorphic
D) Sedimentary
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Heat and time
B) Pressure and Ice
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) Japan
B) Phillipines
C) Hawaii
D) Cuba
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Glacial Melting
B) Weathering
C) Hurricanes
D) Tsumani
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 40
B) 35
C) 75
D) 10
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) The Ring of Water
B) The Horseshoe of Fire
C) The Ring of Fire
D) Harry Potters Wand
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 60
B) 100
C) 75
D) 50
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Water
B) Rock
C) Ice
D) Wind
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intrerior and Exterior
B) Intruder and Exfoliate
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) Smoothed and Sealed
B) Cemented and smoothed
C) Compaction and Cementation
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) minerals
C) fossils
D) vitamins
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Igneous Rock
B) Sedimentary Rock
C) Metamorphic Rock
D) Magma
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