Landforms, Rocks & Minerals

Molten rock inside the Earth's core is called ___, but when it erupts it's called ____

• rock; sediments
• lava; metamorphic rock
• magma; metamorphic rock
• magma; lave

Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth
• It increases the chance of flooding
• It makes evaporation occur faster
• It increases condensation

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms

• rocks
• runoff
• sediment
• sand

The process by which wind, water, gravity, and glaciers move weathered rock or soil

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

The process in which sediment is laid down in a new location

• erosion
• deposition
• weathering

A force that moves rock and other materials downhill

• mass movement
• runoff
• loess
• gravity

Water the flows over the ground surface, rather than soaking into the ground

• glacier
• runoff
• sand dune
• deflation

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

A large mass of moving ice and snow on land

• runoff 
• glacier
• sand dune
• erosion

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock