- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion
B) Weathering
C) Glaciers
D) Lakes
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Sun
B) Erosion
C) Glaciers
D) Weathering
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) builds up
B) does not break down
C) breaks down
D) transports
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) animals
B) gravity
C) wind
D) water
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Wind, and Ice
B) Earth, Wind, and Fire
C) Water, Wind, and Sand
D) Water, Ice, and Salt
- 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) cool
B) costly
C) chemical
D) physical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) cool off the rock
B) break 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) Roughing
B) Tearing
C) Jacked Up
D) Abrasion
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Mechanical
B) Erosion
C) Physical
D) Chemical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Metamorphic
B) Igneous
C) Granite
D) Sedimentary
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Sedimentary
B) Metamorphic
C) Igneous
D) Pyroclastic
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Pressure and temperature
B) Heat and time
C) Heat and Pressure
D) Pressure and Ice
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Lava Flows
B) Ash
C) Tuff
D) Water
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Hawaii
B) Phillipines
C) Cuba
D) Japan
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Weathering
B) Tsumani
C) Hurricanes
D) Glacial Melting
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 40
B) 10
C) 75
D) 35
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) Harry Potters Wand
B) The Ring of Water
C) The Ring of Fire
D) The Horseshoe of Fire
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 75
B) 100
C) 50
D) 60
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Ice
B) Rock
C) Water
D) Wind
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Conclusive and Exclusive
B) Intruder and Exfoliate
C) Intrerior and Exterior
D) Intrusive and Extrusive
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Warm and Melt
B) Harden and Break
C) Cool as a cucumber
D) Cool and Crystalize
- 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) vitamins
C) fossils
D) minerals
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Igneous Rock
D) Magma
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