- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Lakes
B) Weathering
C) Erosion
D) Glaciers
- 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) does not break down
B) builds up
C) breaks down
D) transports
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) water
B) gravity
C) animals
D) wind
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Ice, and Salt
B) Water, Wind, and Ice
C) Water, Wind, and Sand
D) Earth, Wind, and Fire
- 6. Sand that is carried by the wind and deposited in a pile is called a ______________________.
A) sand hill
B) sand pile
C) sand dune
D) sand box
- 7. Weathering can cause a change in the MAKEUP or CONSISTANCY of a rock. This is called a _______________ change.
A) cool
B) chemical
C) physical
D) costly
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) cool off the rock
B) help the rock grow
C) change to color of the rock
D) break the rock
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Roughing
B) Jacked Up
C) Tearing
D) Abrasion
- 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) Sedimentary
C) Metamorphic
D) Igneous
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Pyroclastic
B) Sedimentary
C) Igneous
D) Metamorphic
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Heat and Pressure
B) Heat and time
C) Pressure and Ice
D) Pressure and temperature
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Tuff
B) Water
C) Ash
D) Lava Flows
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Cuba
B) Japan
C) Hawaii
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) 75
C) 35
D) 40
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) The Ring of Water
B) The Ring of Fire
C) The Horseshoe of Fire
D) Harry Potters Wand
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 60
B) 75
C) 100
D) 50
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Wind
B) Ice
C) Rock
D) Water
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intruder and Exfoliate
B) Intrerior and Exterior
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) Cool as a cucumber
D) Warm and Melt
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Compaction and Cementation
B) Smoothed and Sealed
C) Compacted and thrown away
D) Cemented and smoothed
- 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) Magma
B) Sedimentary Rock
C) Metamorphic Rock
D) Igneous Rock
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