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- 1. Multiple Choice
The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Exfoliation
- 2. Multiple Choice
The process by which rock and soil are moved from one place to another is called-
Chemical weatherin
Erosion
Mechanical weathering
Deosition
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following agents is the usually responsible for the formation of canyons?
Gravity pulling
Wind blowing
Flowing water
Glaciers moving
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Erosion breaks down the rocks, and weathering carries the broken pieces away.
Erosion carries broken pieces away, and weathering builds the pieces back up into another land mass.
Weathering carries broken pieces away, and erosion builds the pieces back up into another land mass.
Weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion carries the broken pieces away.
- 5. Multiple Choice
_____________ is the dropping off/ depositing of rocks.
Metamorphosis
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
- 6. Multiple Choice
Formed when magma and lava cool and crystalize
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
- 7. Multiple Choice
Fossils and sea shells can be found in this rock type.
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
- 8. Multiple Choice
What type of rock is classified as Foliated, minerals are arranged in bands or layers.
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
- 9. Multiple Choice
The molten rock found Inside the Earth
lava
magma
sediments
- 10. Multiple Choice
This type of rock is formed through intense heat and pressure
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
- 11. Multiple Choice
I am formed by bits and pieces of rocks and pebbles.
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
- 12. Multiple Choice
Metamorphic rock transforms to sediment by?
Melting and cooling
Cementation and Compactation
Weathering and Erosion
Heat and Pressure
- 13. Multiple Choice
Melting: Where does the energy that drives this process come from?
Gravity
The Sun
Earth's Core
- 14. Multiple Choice
Heat and/or pressure: Where does the energy that drives this process come from?
Gravity
The Sun
Earth's Core
- 15. Multiple Choice
Weathering: Where does the energy that drives this process come from?
Gravity
The Sun
Earth's Core
- 16. Multiple Choice
Erosion: Where does the energy that drives this process come from?
Gravity
The Sun
Earth's Core
- 17. Multiple Choice
Deposition and Burial: Where does the energy that drives this process come from?
Gravity
The Sun
Earth's Core
- 18. Multiple Choice
Compaction and burial: Where does the energy that drives this process come from?
Gravity
The Sun
Earth's Core
- 19. Multiple ChoiceEach rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple Choice
Select ALL of the following that would be considered "small scale" changes.
an arch
sea cave
glacial valley
mountain range
mushroom rock
- 21. Multiple Choice
Select ALL of the following that would be considered "large scale changes" to Earth's surface.
glacial valley
mountain range
new ocean
mushroom rock
rift valley
- 22. Multiple Choice
Seafloor spreading is _________.
when magma from the mantle rises up and hardens, becoming part of the ocean floor. Then, as the plates keep spreading apart, the new rock moves away from the ridge creating a bigger and bigger ocean floor.
when a deep ocean trench gets deeper and deeper at a subduction zone.
when one crust subducts under another crust and melts deep in the hot mantle.
when the rock at a divergent boundary moves away from the ridge, sinks into the mantle, and melts.
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