- 1. __________________is the changing of the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion
B) Weathering
C) Lakes
D) Glaciers
- 2. ________ is the carrying away of materials from one place to another.
A) Glaciers
B) Weathering
C) Sun
D) Erosion
- 3. Weathering__________________ materials into sediment
A) breaks down
B) does not break down
C) builds up
D) transports
- 4. Which one of the following items would not cause erosion?
A) wind
B) gravity
C) water
D) animals
- 5. What are the three main agents of Erosion?
A) Water, Wind, and Ice
B) Water, Wind, and Sand
C) Earth, Wind, and Fire
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 box
C) sand hill
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) chemical
C) costly
D) physical
- 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) Tearing
C) Jacked Up
D) Abrasion
- 10. What is NOT a type of Weathering
A) Physical
B) Erosion
C) Chemical
D) Mechanical
- 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) Pyroclastic
B) Sedimentary
C) Metamorphic
D) Igneous
- 13. What two things are needed for a rock to go through a metamorphic change?
A) Heat and time
B) Pressure and temperature
C) Pressure and Ice
D) Heat and Pressure
- 14. Pyroclastic Flow includes which of the following EXCEPT?
A) Lava Flows
B) Tuff
C) Ash
D) Water
- 15. What Island chain was built on hot spots
A) Japan
B) Cuba
C) Phillipines
D) Hawaii
- 16. The Grand Canyon was formed by___________________?
A) Weathering
B) Tsumani
C) Glacial Melting
D) Hurricanes
- 17. Glaciers make up about _________________percent of the Earth.
A) 40
B) 10
C) 35
D) 75
- 18. The Pacific Rim is also known as_______________________.
A) The Ring of Fire
B) The Horseshoe of Fire
C) Harry Potters Wand
D) The Ring of Water
- 19. The Ring of Fire is responsible for __________ percent of the Earth's Earthquakes.
A) 60
B) 75
C) 50
D) 100
- 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) Intrerior and Exterior
B) Conclusive and Exclusive
C) Intrusive and Extrusive
D) Intruder and Exfoliate
- 22. Magma must __________ and ________________ to become Igneous Rock
A) Cool and Crystalize
B) Harden and Break
C) Cool as a cucumber
D) Warm and Melt
- 23. Sedimentary rock must go through ____________________ and ________________________ to be formed.
A) Compaction and Cementation
B) Cemented and smoothed
C) Smoothed and Sealed
D) Compacted and thrown away
- 24. A rock is a solid mass of __________________________ that occur naturally as a part of our planet.
A) vitamins
B) fossils
C) minerals
D) supplements
- 25. Once the rock reaches high temperatures and melts it turns back into ________________.
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Igneous Rock
C) Magma
D) Metamorphic Rock
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