Final Review Challenge

Erosion is:
(a)  

• the movement of soil and rocks
• the breaking down of rocks
• the shaping of rocks
• throwing rocks into water

Is this an example of physical or chemical weathering?

• Physical
• Chemical

The natural features of the Earth's surface are called _____

• landforms
• erosion
• weathering
• continents

Erosion is

• the falling of mud

• the breaking down of rocks

• the movement of rocks and soil

All of the following cause weathering EXCEPT

• water

• glaciers

• plants

• volcano eruptions

Tree roots can break down rocks.

• True

• False

One way water breaks down rocks is

• by filling up a lake.

• by repeatedly freezing and thawing in cracks.

• by washing away the shoreline

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called

• America
• Super Earth
• Pangea
• Eurasia

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction