Earth Science Quarter 2 Final Review Quiz

What is the process of breaking down of rocks, soils, and minerals through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms?

• Transportation

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

Which type of weathering is caused by plants and animals?

• Biological weathering

• Mass wasting

• Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

What is the process by which rocks break down by chemical reactions?

• Weathering

• Carbonation

• Hydrolysis

• Oxidation

What is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a solid, continuous or discontinuous mass, largely under the force of gravity?

• Erosion

• Mass wasting

• Transportation

• Deposition

Which endogenic process involves the generation and development of magma into igneous rocks?

• Magmatism

• Volcanism

• Metamorphism

• Tectonism

What is the fundamental mechanism that drives geological processes on Earth?

• Plate tectonics

• Volcanism

• Magmatism

• Metamorphism

Which law of relative dating states that in any sequence of layered sedimentary rocks, the top layer is younger than the bottom layer?

• Law of lateral continuity

• Law of cross-cutting relationship

• Law of original horizontality

• Law of superposition

What method is used to determine the age of rocks by measuring its radioactive decay?

• Relative dating

• Radiometric dating

• Absolute dating

• Carbon dating

Which era is known as the 'age of reptiles'?

• Paleozoic era

• Mesozoic era

• Precambrian era

• Cenozoic era

What represents the smallest geologic time compared to Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras?

• Epochs

• Periods

• Eras

• Eons