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Science Chapter 9 Changes to Earth's Surface

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which landform is always found along the coast?

a)

mountain

b)

penninsula

c)

Valley

2.

Which can cause physical weathering?

a)

water

b)

crust

c)

landforms

d)

acid

3.

Rain moving soil down a mountain is _____.

a)

erosion

b)

weathering

c)

delta

d)

deposition

4.

What builds up areas of Earth's surface?

a)

erosion

b)

weathering

c)

deposition

5.

What is formed when carbon dioxide mixes with rain to form a weak acid?

a)

acid rain

b)

weathering

c)

earthquake

d)

volcano

6.

Earth's surface is constantly changing.

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Changes to Earth's surface always takes a long time.

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Why would people put big rocks along their shoreline at a lake?

a)

to stop volcanoes

b)

to stop deposition

c)

to stop erosion

9.

What is happening all the time on Earth?

a)

plateau

b)

delta

c)

weathering

10.

What helps erode landforms of the Earth by sliding across the surface and wearing it away?

a)

glaciers

b)

volcanoes

c)

earthquakes

11.

How are landslides and avalanches the same?

a)

Both are caused by snow and ice.

b)

Both are caused by erosion

c)

Both ARE rapid kinds of erosion.

12.

What does a volcano need in order to erupt?

a)

weak spot

b)

movement of plates

c)

earthquakes

13.

What is magma called when it reaches Earth's surface?

a)

ash

b)

deposition

c)

lava

14.

What do you call a break or crack in the Earth's crust?

a)

fault

b)

crack

c)

epicenter

d)

volcano

15.

What can cover the Earth with rock and ash?

a)

delta

b)

earthquake

c)

vocano

d)

tornado

16.

How are earthquakes and volcanoes the SAME?

a)

Both cause rapid changes to Earth's surface

b)

Both have magma

17.

What is a fan-shaped area located where a river meets the ocean?

a)

silt

b)

delta

c)

erosion