Earth Science Q2 Review Quiz

Large amounts of soil have eroded from steep hill. What is most likely to happen?

• an avalance

• an earthquake

• a landslide

• a sinkhole

What do you call the movement of rock particles by ice, wind, water , or gravity?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• sedimentation

What is the term for the general process by which rocks are broken down at the Earth's surface?

• deposition

• erosion

• lithification

• weathering

What happens to the rock when water absorbed in its pores freezes?

• It will shrink.

• The rock will expand.

• Cracks will be formed in the rock.

• Nothing happens to the rock.

Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?

• oxygen

• acid rain

• pressure created by runoff breaks down rocks

• water expands when it freezes in cracks in rocks

What kind of weathering causes the minerals of the rocks to change?

• general weathering

• permeable weathering

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

What is a measure of a fluid's resistance to flow?

• fluidity

• solubility

• stability

• viscosity

What is the effect of volatiles in magma?

• decreases viscosity

• increases viscosity

• decreases mineral content

• increases mineral content

Which of the following occurs as water dissolves in melting hot rocks? Dissolution of water in melting hot rocks results in ______________.

• decreased viscosity

• increased viscosity

• increased temperature

• addition of raw materials

What powers most geological processes and drives plate tectonics?

• internal heat of Earth

• greenhouse gas accumulation

• radiated Sun's heat to Earth

• rotation and revolution of Earth