Geology Review

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shining onto a mountain.
• Rain breaking down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces. 
• Wind blowing away sediment to a new place on the mountain.
• All of the above.

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This layer of Earth is the thickest part

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• lithosphere

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The _________ is the thinnest layer of Earth.

• outer core
• inner core
• mantle
• crust

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

What type of rock is formed when magma and lava cools and hardens?

• minerals
• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

Rock formed when existing rock is changed by heat &

pressure.

• sedimentary rock

• texture

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive rock

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What do we call the process where magma rising to the Earth's surface and builds up pressure until it erupts?

• molten

• lava

• volcano

• plate

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What do we call the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface?

• erosion

• weathering

• volcano

• earthquake

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