- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion
B) Lakes
C) Weathering
D) Glaciers
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Glaciers
B) Weathering
C) Erosion
D) Sun
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) does not break down
B) transports
C) breaks down
D) builds up
- 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, 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 dune
B) sand box
C) sand hill
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) physical
C) costly
D) chemical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) break the rock
B) change to color of the rock
C) help the rock grow
D) cool off the rock
- 9. Erosion and Weathering can cause an effect called ________________. (Like Sandpaper on Wood)
A) Abrasion
B) Jacked Up
C) Roughing
D) Tearing
- 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) Metamorphic
D) Igneous
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Pyroclastic
B) Metamorphic
C) Igneous
D) Sedimentary
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Heat and time
B) Pressure and temperature
C) Heat and Pressure
D) Pressure and Ice
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Water
B) Tuff
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) Hurricanes
B) Tsumani
C) Glacial Melting
D) Weathering
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 75
B) 10
C) 35
D) 40
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) The Ring of Water
B) Harry Potters Wand
C) The Horseshoe of Fire
D) The Ring 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) Water
B) Wind
C) Rock
D) Ice
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intruder and Exfoliate
B) Intrusive and Extrusive
C) Intrerior and Exterior
D) Conclusive and Exclusive
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Warm and Melt
B) Cool as a cucumber
C) Harden and Break
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) fossils
C) vitamins
D) minerals
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Magma
C) Igneous Rock
D) Metamorphic Rock
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