Unit 10/11 Practice

The photo shows a canyon in Northern Arizona. Which of these describes how this canyon was most likely formed?

• A) Floods eroded the sandstone away from the canyon walls.

• B) Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as they melted and moved.

• C) Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon.

• D) Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.

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A wide u-shaped valley is shown in the photograph. The valley was most likely formed by

• Flash flooding

• A glacier

• A hurricane

• Melting snow

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A student hiking in a rocky area on a mountain notices that wide, deep cracks have formed in some of the large rocks. Some of the cracks are so large that the rocks break?

• A) Erosion by wind

• B) Water freezing and thawing

• C) Erosion by fast-moving water

• D) Sediments being deposited

Based on the conditions needed for the formation of fossil fuels, which area is most likely to have fossil fuels present today?

• Area A

• Area B

• Area C

• Area D

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Oil formation occurs where, millions of years ago, there were large oceans. This is because oceans have

• waves that are constantly moving

• great numbers of tiny marine animals

• currents that mix the water thoroughly

• deep caverns where no light can reach

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Sedimentary rocks form when broken bits of other rock are deposited and then –

• buried and squeezed and cemented together

• melted by the heat of the earth’s core

• completely dissolved in salt water in the ocean

• used by humans as a natural resource

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Which of the following is NOT an example of weathering?

• A) Plant roots break roots apart.

• B) Glaciers drag rocks and soil as they move downhill.

• C) Ice can break rocks apart when it forms in cracks.

• D) Water pounding on rocks can break them into smaller bits.

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What can you infer caused the landform?

• A) Deposition from the ocean

• B) Weathering from the ocean

• C) Volcano adding new layers of sediment

• D) Weathering from plants

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The picture below shows a natural shoreline feature called a sea cave. Which is the most likely way this sea cave formed?

• A) Polluted water dissolved the rock.

• B) Ocean animals made holes in the rock.

• C) Volcanic lava melted the rock.

• D) Waves eroded the rock

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Students used a fan to blow piles of sand. This best models which of the following natural processes that create changes to the land?

• A) Weathering of rocks to make soil

• B) Deposition of sediments to form deltas

• C) Formation and movement of dunes

• D) Carving out plains creating canyons

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