Evolution of Land Quiz

What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Glaciers
• Weathering

Many processes that shape Earth happen over thousands of years. Some processes happen much more quickly. Which of the following has the potential to change Earth's landforms quickly?

• The carving of a valley by a glacier

• The formation of a canyon by a river

• The erosion of sand on a beach by storms

• The weathering of rocks by wind

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How are canyons formed?

• Wind blows sand into high piles, which form the canyon walls.
• Rivers erode soil and rock over time, leaving behind canyon walls.
• Gravity causes rocks to fall from mountain sides onto valley floors.
• Ice freezes and thaws in cracks of rocks, and the cracks become canyons.

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What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

• Waves
• Gravity
• Glaciers
• Wind

A cliff formed near the ocean.  Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

• Warm air melted the rock.
• Sun rays evaporated the rock.
• Ocean waves washed away rock.
• Plant roots pushed away the rock.

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This image represents this type of boundary

• Divergent
• Transform
• Convergent
• Subduction

At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 

• Tectonic plates move towards each other
• Tectonic plates slide past each other
• Tectonic plates move up and down
• Tectonic plates move away from each other

 A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

• a valley
• an ocean
• a canyon
• a volcano

one tectonic plate moves under another

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

Some valleys are formed by _______________.

• Rain

• Tornadoes

• Glaciers

• Volcanoes