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- 1. Multiple Choice
Students were tasked with making a model of how natural forces can change the surface
features of Earth. They make a pile of sand in front of an electric fan and turn it on. This model best represents which of the following changes to the surface of Earth?
The formation of a delta at the mouth of a river.
The building of a mountain on the edge of a continent.
The movement of dunes caused by the blowing wind.
The creation of a canyon by flowing water.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Stalagmites are structures that form on the floor of some caves. Most scientists explain this by saying that stalagmites form when minerals dissolved in water are left behind where water drips. Which evidence would support this explanation?
Freezing water turns it into a solid.
Water found in caves has minerals in it.
Some stalagmites are taller than others.
Many caves are found deep underground.
- 3. Multiple Choice
A student argues that a destructive force can change the surface of Earth. Which of the following could be used to support this claim?
A new island forms in the middle of an ocean.
A plain becomes a deep canyon with steep walls.
A sand dune shifts from one location to another.
A mountain grows taller over a thousand years.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Students placed two desks next to each other, and then pulled them apart. This demonstration best models which change that happens to the surface of the Earth.
Large cracks forming on the ground.
Waves making a beach smaller.
Sand dunes moving by winds.
Weathering changing the shape of a mountain.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Over many years, the depth of a lake gets more shallow. What could cause this change?
The climate in the area gets warmer.
Sediments are deposited in the lake.
The Sun evaporates the water.
A hurricane brings heavy rains.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?
Weathering
Raining
Erosion
Whooshing
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does physical weathering involve?
Water
Wind
Temperature
All of the Above
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the process called when a glacier deposits rocks in oceans and lakes?
Deposition
Drainage
Pollution
Depotism
- 9. Multiple Choice
What do flood plains, sandbars, and river deltas in common?
They are formed by water erosion.
They have been formed by glacial erosion.
They have been formed by wind erosion.
They have been formed by sandblasting.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of erosion formed the Grand Canyon?
Wind
Water
Sandblasting
Glacial
- 11. Multiple Choice
How might a weathered mountain appear different from an unweathered mountain?
The weathered mountain might be taller.
The weathered mountain would appear rounder.
The weathered mountain would be more jagged
Weathered mountain would contain less trees.
- 12. Multiple Choice
How long does the weathering process take?
A few days.
No more than a month.
Exactly one year.
Years and Years.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of these is a constructive change?
Volcano erupting forming new land.
A river cutting out a canyon.
A glacier scraping down the side of a mountain
Ice forming causing a rock to cut in half.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?
Weathering
Raining
Erosion
Breaking
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of these is an example of erosion?
Light shining on a mountain
Wind blowing away sediment.
Rain breaking down rock.
All of the above.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What type of change does Erosion cause?
Physical
Chemical
Electrical
Magnetic
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is a good way to prevent erosion?
Blocking the wind.
Planting trees.
Preventing rainfall.
Preventing the flow of rivers.
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is weathering?
Process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces.
A shift in weather patterns.
Process by which mountains are formed.
Process by which seasons change.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What types of rocks are formed by weathering?
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Volcanic Rocks
- 20. Multiple Choice
What are the two types of Destructive forces?
Weathering / Warming
Weathering / Erosion
Weathering / Water
Weathering / Climate
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