Rocks, Weathering, Erosion and Soil
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Jean Evans
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Science
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9th Grade
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1.
Multiple Choice
A farmer has a steeply sloping pasture that is eroding. Which is the BEST option to stop the immediate erosion of the topsoil?
Increase the amount of vegetation on the sloping pasture.
Plant trees and shrubs at the bottom of the sloping pasture.
Increase the soil thickness by adding five inches of sandy soil.
Increase the organic content of the topsoil by adding earthworms.
2.
Multiple Choice
hail storms
rain storms
dust storms
snow storms
3.
Multiple Choice
Rocks can be classified many different ways, including as igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. This classification is based on the
origin of the rocks.
use of the rocks.
size of the rocks.
hardness of the rocks.
4.
Multiple Choice
The sediments found in a riverbed are MOST likely a result of which action on nearby rock?
heat
faulting
pressure
weathering
5.
Multiple Choice
Most sedimentary rock is made from sediments of other rock. Which of these processes would the sediments MOST likely go through to form sedimentary rock?
compaction and cementation
folding and recrystallization
melting and solidifying
heating and pressure
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Multiple Choice
Igneous rock has turned into sedimentary rock.
Igneous rock has turned into metamorphic rock.
Sedimentary rock has turned into igneous rock.
Sedimentary rock has turned into metamorphic rock.
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