- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Glaciers
B) Erosion
C) Weathering
D) Lakes
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Weathering
B) Erosion
C) Sun
D) Glaciers
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) transports
B) breaks down
C) builds up
D) does not break down
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) gravity
B) animals
C) wind
D) water
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Ice, and Salt
B) Water, Wind, and Sand
C) Water, Wind, and Ice
D) Earth, Wind, and Fire
- 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) cool
B) chemical
C) costly
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) Tearing
B) Jacked Up
C) Abrasion
D) Roughing
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Chemical
B) Mechanical
C) Physical
D) Erosion
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Granite
B) Igneous
C) Sedimentary
D) Metamorphic
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Metamorphic
B) Igneous
C) Sedimentary
D) Pyroclastic
- 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) Lava Flows
B) Water
C) Ash
D) Tuff
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Japan
B) Hawaii
C) Phillipines
D) Cuba
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Weathering
B) Glacial Melting
C) Tsumani
D) Hurricanes
- 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) The Ring of Fire
B) The Ring of Water
C) The Horseshoe of Fire
D) Harry Potters Wand
- 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) Wind
C) Rock
D) Ice
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intrerior and Exterior
B) Intruder and Exfoliate
C) Intrusive and Extrusive
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) Cemented and smoothed
B) Compacted and thrown away
C) Compaction and Cementation
D) Smoothed and Sealed
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) fossils
B) vitamins
C) supplements
D) minerals
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Igneous Rock
B) Magma
C) Sedimentary Rock
D) Metamorphic Rock
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