WorksheetsCh 9, Lesson 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The outer surface of the Earth is a layer of rock called the ______________.
a)
core
b)
crisp
c)
crust
d)
mantle
2.
The outer surface of the Earth is a layer of rock called the ______________.
a)
core
b)
crisp
c)
crust
d)
mantle
3.
_________ are natural land features on Earth's surface.
a)
Landfills
b)
Landforms
c)
Landhills
d)
Landvalleys
4.
Examples of landforms are mountains, valleys, rivers, canyons, and peninsulas.
a)
False
b)
True
5.
Rocks in Earth's crust are slowly broken into smaller pieces in a process called __________.
a)
withering
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
6.
What are the two types of weathering?
a)
chemical, miniature
b)
rainy, chemical
c)
hurricane, snowy
d)
physical, chemical
7.
_____________ weathering occurs when chemicals cause rocks to change into different materials and break down.
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
8.
_____________ weathering occurs when rocks are broken into smaller pieces of the same kind of rock.
a)
Chemical
b)
Physical
9.
Flowing water carrying rock, soil, and sand that scrape against larger rocks is physical weathering.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Animals and plants can give off chemicals that can cause chemical weathering.
a)
False
b)
True
11.
Ice does not cause physical weathering.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
______________ is the process of carrying away weathered bits of rock.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Cracking
13.
What are 4 things that can cause erosion are water, wind, ice, and gravity.
a)
False
b)
True
14.
_______________ happens when the forces that carry away bits of weathered rock during erosion drop, or deposit, them somewhere else.
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
deposition
d)
dissolving
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