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Earth Surfaces

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What breaks rocks into smaller rocks?

a)

Uplift

b)

Weathering

c)

Volcano

d)

Erosion

2.

What moves rocks from one place to another?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

MYA

d)

Earthquake

3.

What do we call an opening in Earth's crust?

a)

Uplift

b)

Weathering

c)

Volcano

4.

What do we call the sudden shift of Earth's crust?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

MYA

d)

Earthquake

5.

What is it called when rocks are added to land mass by: wind, water, ice, and gravity transport?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

MYA

d)

Earthquake

6.

What is it called when part of the Earth's surface rises about surrounding areas?

a)

Uplift

b)

Weathering

c)

Volcano

7.

In geology how is time measured?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

MYA (Million Years Ago)

d)

Earthquake

8.

For a canyon to form takes how many years?

a)

Hundreds

b)

Thousands

c)

Millions

d)

Billions

9.

The Columbia Plateau in Nevada was formed by?

a)

Weathering

b)

Meteor

c)

Uplift

d)

Earthquakes

10.

Earthquakes frequently form? *Ms. Gardner's favorite place

a)

Mountains

b)

Volcanos

c)

Canyons

d)

Butte

11.

There are 2 things scientists measure to predict a volcano eruption. What are they?

a)

Earth movement and weather patterns

b)

Gas and earth movement

c)

Temperature and gas

d)

Temperature and weather patterns

12.

How is weathering caused?

a)

Freezing and thawing of water

b)

Rocks carried by the wind or water hitting rocks

c)

Roots of plants

d)

All of the above.

13.

Which order is correct of how the Grand Canyon was formed?

a)

Ancient sea, Uplift, Weathering, Erosion

b)

Uplift, Weathering, Erosion, Ancient Sea

c)

Weathering, Erosion, Ancient sea, Uplift

d)

Erosion, Ancient Sea, Uplift, Weathering

14.

What 3 things create: Buttes, Arches, Canyons, and Valley's?

a)

Uplift, Weathering, and Erosion.

b)

Volcano, Mountains, and Valley's.

15.

What can carve a valley?

a)

Erosion

b)

Glaciers

16.

What is scary ,but good for the Earth because it enriches the soil?

a)

Mountains

b)

Bugs

c)

Volcanos

d)

Evidence

17.

Pressure builds up on a ____________ line on the Earth's crust. When the pressure is finally released an earthquake occurs.

a)

Fault

b)

Safety

c)

Equator

d)

North Pole

18.

Which lake in Nevada is near one of Earth's fault line where 2 volcanos were ripped apart?

a)

Backyard

b)

Lake Mead

c)

Red Rock Lake

d)

Lake Sammamish

19.

Where can geologists easily see the rock sediments from the first two ages of dinosaurs?

a)

Red Rock Canyon

b)

Outside

c)

Redwood Forest

d)

Sahara Desert