Geology Quiz

Sediments are dropped at the base of the river.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• resource

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Water fills in the cracks of a rock and then freezes.

• erosion

• wind

• deposition

• weathering

The three agents that cause slow changes to the Earth.

• solid, liquid, gas

• weathering, erosion, deposition

• water, wind, ice

• none of the above

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A glacier melts and leaves rock and sediments behind.

• weathering

• erosion

• ice

• deposition

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W.A.P.A stands for

• weathering, animals, people, air

• water, animals, plants, air

• water, animals, people, art

• weathering, air, plants, animals

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Renewable Resources are

• resources that cannot be replaced in our lifetime.

• resources the take thousands of years to replace.

• resources that can be replaced in our lifetime.

• resources that include coal, oil and natural gas.

C.O.N.G. stands for

• renewable resources.

• nonrenewable resources.

• weathering

• erosion

Way to conserve resources include

• take shorter showers.

• recycle aluminum cans.

• carpool.

• all of the above.

Weathered rock happens when

• water crashes into rock.

• wind hits rock.

• glaciers carve through the land.

• all of the above.

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Erosion is the

• dropping of rock and sediment.

• movement of rock and sediment.

• breaking of rock and sediment.

• none of the above.

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