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Earth Process by Dido and Bash

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between a uplift and a butte?

a)

There is no difference, it the same thing but different names

b)

An uplift is the wearing away of rocks as in butte is a mountain.

c)

An uplift is the movement of magma raising creating a smooth hill( sometimes) as a butte is a hill that has steep walls and a flat top.

2.

How was the grand canyon formed?

a)

An uplift raised two hills.

b)

The rain come down and weathered the ground away.

c)

A river weathered the ground away.

d)

All of the above

3.

In what state is there a constant erupting volcano?

a)

California

b)

Hawaii

c)

Washington

d)

Oregon

4.

What is the inner core made of?

a)

Cobalt and Nickel

b)

Iron and Cobalt

c)

Gold and Coal

d)

Iron and Nickel

5.

Which has a epicenter?

a)

An earthquake

b)

A tornado

c)

A hurricane

d)

An uplift

6.

What does magma have to do to become lava?

a)

Magma touches air

b)

Magma touches the earth’s surface

c)

When magma touches other magma

d)

When magma touches water

7.

That does a seismograph do?

a)

Measures how big an earthquake is

b)

Measures how big an uplift is.

c)

Tells what type of earthquake happened

d)

Says what happened

8.

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

a)

Weathering is to kick a rock around for a long time as erosion is to throw a rock

b)

Weathering is the action to wear away or change its appearance as erosion is to erode with water, wind or natural agents.

c)

Weathering and Erosion is the same thing.

d)

Weathering is the thing that makes rocks in to arches and erosion is to make something different

9.

What is molten lava made of?

a)

Silicon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and titanium

b)

Oxygen, rocks, iron, and water

c)

Helium, Hydrogen, oxygen, aluminum, sodium, potassium, and nitrogen

d)

Carbon, oxygen, scandium, Iodine, boron, Beryllium, fluorine, Sulfur, and Calcium

10.

Why do the continents look like puzzle pieces?

a)

Because they were in one big continent called Panama.

b)

Because it was the earth wanted it to be.

c)

Because a big meteor hit.

d)

Because they were one big continent called Pangea

11.

Why does a Japan have so many earthquakes?

a)

Because there is a earthquake machine

b)

Because Japan is located on the border of two continental plates.

c)

Because it is located next to a continent.

d)

Because there is an volcano under it.

12.

What changes do earthquakes make on the earth’s surface?

a)

Earthquakes make big hills

b)

Earthquakes makes big cracks in the earth.

c)

Uplifts make cracks in the earth

d)

Uplifts makes big hills