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WorksheetsScantron.Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does erosion do?
a)
Break down rock
b)
changes rock chemically
c)
changes sediment in rock
d)
moves broken pieces of rock, or sediment, from one place to another
2.
Beaches that have eroded are reclaimed through____________.
a)
weathering
b)
Building of sea walls
c)
beach nourishment
d)
building of terraces
3.
Which feature forms from wind deposition?
a)
flood plains
b)
sand dunes
c)
deltas
d)
moraines
4.
A _______________ prevents flooding during heavy rainstorms and can often be seen on the sides of streets.
a)
contour plowing
b)
storm drains
c)
terracing
d)
dam
5.
A ________________________ structure is built across a river to control its flow.
a)
dam
b)
transform
c)
fault
d)
storm drain
6.
Volcanoes and earthquakes are both _______________ and ______________ processes because they can destroy AND build up the Earth.
a)
divergent and destructive
b)
constructive and destructive
c)
convergent and divergent
d)
sediment and weathering
7.
Erosion helps move ___________ from one place in order to deposit it someplace else.
a)
sediment
b)
transform
c)
erosion
d)
weathering
8.
Farmers use different methods like, ________________ and ______________________ to prevent the loss of soil on their land.
a)
transform and plates
b)
divergent and sediment
c)
contour plowing and terracing
d)
terracing and erosion
9.
An earthquake is caused by a crack in the crust called a __________.
a)
fault
b)
dam
c)
plates
d)
transform
10.
Deposition is a process that ______________.
a)
Dissolves sediment
b)
Removes sediment from landforms
c)
breaks down rock to form sediment
d)
drops sediment to form landforms
11.
Where do deltas form?
a)
in desert areas
b)
on the banks of rivers
c)
at river mouths
d)
in valleys formed by glaciers
12.
What is weathering?
a)
the break down of rock
b)
the transport of sediment
c)
a type of climate
d)
the aging of rock
13.
What is an earthquake?
a)
A sudden movement of the Earth's crust caused by a release of stress accumulated along geological faults or by volcanic activity.
b)
a. energy that builds up inside a volcanic mountain
c)
a. energy being released when erosion occurs
d)
a. molten rock pushing up through Earth's surface.
14.
How do earthquakes form?
a)
a. energy from a hurricane or tornado
b)
a. energy that builds up inside a volcanic mountain
c)
a. energy being released when crustal plates move
d)
a. the crust expands due to the heat.
15.
How are earthquakes CONSTRUCTIVE?
a)
they are only destructive!
b)
convergent boundaries build up the crust and form mountains
c)
They construct buildings
d)
The cause damage to buildings and other landforms
16.
How are earthquakes DESTRUCTIVE?
a)
Convergent boundaries cause volcanoes to form
b)
They are only constructive!
c)
They build up Earth's surface
d)
They break down Earth's surface
17.
what is deposition?
a)
volcanoes erupting
b)
water freezing into a glacier
c)
water flowing to the mouth of a river
d)
dropping off of sediment
18.
what are 3 agents of depostion
a)
water, wind, ice
b)
ice, water, sand
c)
soild, liquid, and gas
d)
wind, ice, glacier
19.
which one of the forces below is NOT constructive?
a)
volcano
b)
deposition
c)
faults
d)
earthquake
20.
The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock
a)
weathering
b)
sedimentation
c)
erosion
d)
cementation
21.
The process by which sediments settle out of water or wind
a)
deposition
b)
cementation
c)
weathering
d)
erosion
22.
Which of these things cause weathering?
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Ice
d)
All of these
23.
Water is a nonrenewable resource.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
What is magma that flows onto the earth's surface called?
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
sediment
d)
silt
25.
Which of the following processes does NOT relate to the rock cycle?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
photosynthesis and respiration
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
heating and cooling
26.
Heat and Pressure causes which type of rock?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
27.
Landslides are a type of erosion caused by...
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
ice
d)
gravity
28.
Which of the following is NOT an agent of weathering?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
animals and plants
d)
gravity
29.
How is acid rain formed?
a)
pollution condensates in clouds and rains back down to Earth
b)
rivers carries pollution into our drinking water
c)
super hot weather turns the raindrops acidic
30.
The tectonic plates float on the
a)
lithosphere
b)
lower mantle
c)
outer core
d)
asthenosphere
31.
The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the
a)
lithosphere
b)
crust
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
32.
The hottest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
33.
The coolest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
34.
The thinest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
35.
The thickest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
36.
The least dense layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
37.
The most dense layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
38.
This layer is completely liquid
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
39.
This layer is a mix between solid and liquid
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
40.
This layer is completely solid due to the intense pressure it is under
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
41.
This layer is solid
a)
crust
b)
asthenosphere
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
42.
Supporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landforms
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
43.
Supporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, older theories
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
44.
Supporting Evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, core rock samples showing older rocks the farther that you get from the mid ocean ridge
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
45.
The name for the actual lithospheric plates
a)
Tectonic Plates
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Pangaea
d)
Continental Drift
46.
The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Pangaea
47.
The theory that states that the Earth is divided into plates that float and move in slow, constant motion.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Tectonic Plates
48.
Ocean trenches always form at subduction zones where dense oceanic crust subducts.
a)
True
b)
False
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