Earth Science Quiz

What is the process in which sediment is laid in new locations?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Landslide

What is a strong, sudden shaking of the ground called?

• Landslide

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Erosion

What is the carrying away of rocks and soil from one place to another called?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Geology

What is a large sheet of ice that moves very slowly over land called?

• Glacier

• Tectonic Plate

• Volcano

• Landform

What are large pieces of Earth's crust that move called?

• Landforms

• Tectonic Plates

• Glaciers

• Volcanoes

What are natural features of the Earth's surface called?

• Landforms

• Tectonic Plates

• Glaciers

• Volcanoes

What is a sudden slide of rocks and soil down the side of a mountain or hill called?

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Volcano

• Erosion

What is a hole in Earth's surface from which melted rock, ashes, and ash come out called?

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Volcano

• Glacier

What is the breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface called?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Geology

What is the study of rocks called?

• Geology

• Geography

• Meteorology

• Biology