Earths Processes Review

What is an example that does NOT change Earth’s land quickly?

• Landslide
• Weathering
• Earthquake
• Flood

What is an example of something that can cause a flood?

• Sunshine
• Volcanic Eruption
• Heavy Rain
• Cloudy Weather

A burst of melted rock, ash, and gas from the Earth is called __________________________.

• Earthquake
• Volcanic Eruption
• Wildfire
• Flood

What does the word weathering mean?

• The picking up and carrying away of rock pieces
• The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
• The dropping of eroded rock in a new place
• The forming of a mountain

What happens after the process of pieces of rocks are carried away by the wind?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition 
• Landslide

What could be the cause of a landslide?

• Sunshine
• Heavy Rain
• A Little Rain
• Rainbow

Most of the time, water traveling in rivers stays in the riverbanks.  Sometimes, though, a natural event causes changes in the Earth’s surface when water overflows the riverbanks and covers land that is usually dry. What is the natural event called?

• Flood
• Canyon
• Glacier
• Earthquake

When Earth Material is broken down into smaller pieces, this is called __________________.

• Vaporization
• Deposition
• Weathering
• Erosion 

A _______________________is occurring when the surface of the ground shakes and rolls causes damage to the Earth’s surface.

• Flood
• Landslide
• Earthquake
• Volcanic Eruption

Deposition is when _____________ pulls the material down to the ground and drops it.

• Gravity
• Erosion
• Wind
• Water