Physical Geography: A Changing Earth Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Quiz

a process by which water, wind, or ice moves bits of rock elsewhere

• continent

• Ring of Fire

• tsunami

• erosion

• glacier

a giant ocean wave

• continent

• Ring of Fire

• tsunami

• erosion

• glacier

a small ice mass that spreads outward on a land surface

• continent

• Ring of Fire

• tsunami

• erosion

• glacier

a long, narrow band of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

• continent

• ring of fire

• tsunami

• erosion

• glacier

a large, continuous mass of land

• continent

• ring of fire

• tsunami

• erosion

• glacier

How many continents are found on Earth?

• 10

• 4

• 7

• 15

What causes earthquakes and volcanoes?

• plate movement

• the moon’s pull on the Earth

• solar flares

• the Earth’s tilt

What process works with weathering to change Earth’s surface?

• change in seasons

• gravity

• solar flares

• erosion

Which is the largest type of ice mass?

• glacier

• ice cap

• ice sheet

• avalanche

What force has caused the fastest change in Earth’s environment in the last 50 years?

• erosion

• human actions

• weathering

• volcanic eruptions