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2nd Grade Earth Science: Changes to Earth's Surface

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a weathering?

a)

A process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces.

b)

The newschannel telling the weather

c)

A process that helps wind move

d)

A process that destroys the earth.

2.

The process of picking up and moving rocks, soil, and sand from one place to another is: _______________.

a)

Landslide

b)

Flood

c)

Erosion

d)

Weathering

3.

What is this an image of?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Flood

c)

Hurricane

d)

dike

4.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Steam

b)

Volcano

c)

Mountain

d)

Food

5.

The sliding of soil down a slope is: __________.

a)

Landslide

b)

Hurricane

c)

Flood

d)

dike

6.

A hurricane is:

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Water that overflows or soaks an area is: ________.

a)

Flood

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tsunami

d)

Windbreak

8.

A windbreak is: __________.

a)

A large cement wall for protection.

b)

A large floating device used in the sky to read wind.

c)

A row of trees used to block wind.

d)

A break from school when it is too windy.

9.

What is a wall by a body of water?

a)

walllbreak

b)

Cement

c)

Dike

d)

dam

10.

What is NOT a type of erosion?

a)

Wind erosion

b)

Water Erosion

c)

Ice erosion

d)

Lava erosion

11.

What is NOT a slow change to the earth's surface? (

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Earthquake

12.

Which can weather rocks? (choose all correct answers)

a)

Plant roots

b)

Water

c)

Wind

d)

Ice