WorksheetsWeathering, Erosion & Soils Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What determines the composition of soil?
a)
parent rock & environmental conditions
b)
environmental conditions & color
c)
parent rock & color
d)
texture & parent rock
2.
How do rocks become sediments?
a)
melting
b)
weathering
c)
cooling
d)
pressure
3.
Erosion is...
a)
materials begin moved across the Earth's surface by water and wind
b)
materials deposited into a new location as sediment
c)
rocks and other materials being broken down both physically and chemically
4.
When rock goes through weathering and erosion what forms?
a)
Sediment
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Boulders
5.
What is the moving of sediment by wind, water, or gravity?
a)
Mechanical weathering
b)
Chemical weathering
c)
Erosion
d)
Compaction
6.
The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
jackhammering
7.
This type of weathering occurs when rocks weaken then break down due to chemical changes in the composition of the rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion weathering
d)
deposition
8.
These rocks were made smooth by wind blowing smaller rock particles across their surface. This is an example of:
a)
ice wedging
b)
chemical weathering
c)
acid rain
d)
abrasion
9.
These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:
a)
ice wedging
b)
acid rain
c)
permeability
d)
abrasion
10.
This rock may chemically weather easily because is has many spaces or holes in it that allow water to seep through it, meaning it is:
a)
permeable
b)
abrasive
c)
erosion
d)
unchangable
11.
Weeds growing into the cracks in a sidewalk and the sidewalk begins to crumble is an example of:
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
12.
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
13.
Which of these things cause weathering?
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Ice
d)
All of these
14.
A tree seed fell between these rocks. What happened?
a)
the tree roots cracked the rock
b)
the rock absorbed the tree
c)
the tree died
d)
the rock will turn to dirt
15.
Rock made of layers of compressed sediments
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
sedimentary rock
d)
school house rock
16.
When the weight of new sediment layers is deposited on top of older layers
a)
erosion
b)
compaction
c)
pressure
d)
weathering
17.
The process of layers become stuck together forming sedimentary rocks
a)
sticking
b)
pressuring
c)
cementation
d)
deposition
18.
A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface of the earth
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Sedimentary Rock
d)
chemical Rock
19.
Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface
a)
Organic Rock
b)
Intrusive Rock
c)
Clastic Rock
d)
Extrusive Rock
20.
Soil formation begins with the weathering of_______.
a)
Humus
b)
Subsoil
c)
Litter
d)
Rock
21.
How would you describe the texture of "sandy" soil?
a)
sticky
b)
gritty
c)
smooth
d)
slimy
22.
The MAIN thing Decomposers do for the the soil is the following:
a)
Store moisture
b)
Burrow deep in the soil
c)
Make space for air and water
d)
Break down and digest dead organisms
23.
Earthworms, moles and other animals help soil formation by:
a)
Breaking rock down
b)
Mixing and loosening soil by burrowing
c)
Draining the water from soil
d)
Eating soil
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