- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Glaciers
B) Lakes
C) Erosion
D) Weathering
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Sun
B) Erosion
C) Weathering
D) Glaciers
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) does not break down
B) breaks down
C) builds up
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 Sand
B) Water, Ice, and Salt
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 pile
C) sand box
D) sand hill
- 7. Weathering can cause a change in the MAKEUP or CONSISTANCY of a rock. This is called a _______________ change.
A) physical
B) cool
C) costly
D) chemical
- 8. If water seeps into a rock and then freezes it will ___________________.
A) help the rock grow
B) change to color of the rock
C) cool off the rock
D) break 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) Physical
C) Erosion
D) Chemical
- 11. What type of rocks are known as FIRE ROCKS
A) Granite
B) Igneous
C) Metamorphic
D) Sedimentary
- 12. What type of rocks have the process of cementation?
A) Sedimentary
B) Pyroclastic
C) Igneous
D) Metamorphic
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Pressure and Ice
B) Heat and Pressure
C) Pressure and temperature
D) Heat and time
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Water
B) Ash
C) Lava Flows
D) Tuff
- 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) Glacial Melting
B) Tsumani
C) Hurricanes
D) Weathering
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 10
B) 40
C) 75
D) 35
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) Harry Potters Wand
B) The Horseshoe of Fire
C) The Ring of Water
D) The Ring of Fire
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 75
B) 60
C) 100
D) 50
- 20. Gravity does not affect which of the following during erosion?
A) Wind
B) Water
C) Rock
D) Ice
- 21. Which two types of rocks are Igneous?
A) Intrerior and Exterior
B) Intrusive and Extrusive
C) Conclusive and Exclusive
D) Intruder and Exfoliate
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Harden and Break
B) Cool as a cucumber
C) Cool and Crystalize
D) Warm and Melt
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Compacted and thrown away
B) Cemented and smoothed
C) Smoothed and Sealed
D) Compaction and Cementation
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) fossils
B) supplements
C) minerals
D) vitamins
- 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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