Weathering and Erosion Quiz
1. The gradual breaking of rocks into smaller pieces is called 6. A person who studies land forms and the processes of
__________. change is called __________.
a. weathering a. a magician
b. erosion b. a botanist
c. a geologist
2. The process that transports rocks, soil and sediments to a d. an anesthesiologist
different location is called __________.
a. weathering 7. A region with less than 10 inches of water per year is called
b. erosion __________.
a. a glacier
3. The sudden downslope of snow, ice and rocks is called b. a gorge
__________. c. a mountain
a. an earthquake d. a desert
b. an avalanche
c. transpiration 8. Rocks formed from the cooling and hardening of hot liquid
d. a delta magma are called __________ rocks.
a. igneous
4. A sudden, violent shift of the earth’s plates is called b. metamorphic
__________. c. sedimentary
a. an earthquake d. move sideways
b. an avalanche
c. transpiration 9. Rocks that are formed when the other forms of rock are
d. a delta under extreme heat and pressure are called __________.
a. igneous rocks
5. The often triangular-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river is b. metamorphic rocks
called __________. c. sedimentary rocks
a. an earthquake
b. an avalanche 10. Rocks formed from sediment that is compressed over time
and becomes solid are called __________ rocks.
c. transpiration a. igneous
d. a delta b. metamorphic
c. sedimentary
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11. A chemical substance in Earth’s crust is called __________. 16. A deep, narrow valley with high, steep sides is called a
a. soil __________.
b. tectonic plate a. gorge
c. mineral b. glacier
d. sediment c. canyon
12. A mixture of small pieces of rock with decayed plants and 17. An earth form that is created when two plates push against
animals is called __________. each other is called a __________.
a. soil a. tsunami
b. mountain
b. tectonic plate
c. tornado
c. mineral
d. sediment 18. A violent, destructive windstorm with funnel-shaped clouds is
called a __________.
a. tsunami
13. Solid fragments of material that come from the weathering of
rocks are called __________. b. mountain
c. tornado
a. soil
b. tectonic plates
19. A giant sea wave caused by earthquakes is called a
c. mineral __________.
a. tsunami
d. sediment
b. mountain
14. A massive river of ice, rocks and soil that moves slowly down c. tornado
a mountain is called a __________.
a. gorge 20. A volcano that is currently erupting is called a(n)
b. glacier __________ volcano.
c. canyon a. active
b. dormant
15. Shocks in an earthquake that occur after the main shock are c. extinct
called __________.
a. foreshocks 21. A volcano that has been sleeping for a while but may still
b. main shocks erupt is called a(n) __________ volcano.
c. aftershocks a. active
b. dormant
c. extinct
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22. A volcano that is thought to be incapable of further eruption 24. Rain that contains harmful chemicals caused by burning
is called a(n) __________ volcano. fossil fuels is called __________.
a. active a. hydration rain
b. dormant b. acid rain
c. extinct c. oxidation rain
23. Volcanoes can occur __________. 25. The process of rain mixing with iron in the earth and causing
a. on land only rust is called __________.
b. only in the ocean a. acid rain
c. both on land and in the ocean b. hydration
c. oxidation
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Answers to Weathering
and Erosion Quiz
1. a) weathering 16. c) canyon
2. b) erosion 17. b) mountain
3. b) an avalanche 18. c) tornado
4. a) an earthquake 19. a) tsunami
5. d) a delta 20. a) active
6. c) a geologist 21. b) dormant
7. d) a desert 22. c) extinct
8. a) igneous 23. c) both on land and in the ocean
9. b) metamorphic rocks 24. b) acid rain
10. c) sedimentary 25. c) oxidation
11. c) mineral
12. a) soil
13. d) sediment
14. b) glacier
15. c) aftershocks
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