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Earth Surfaces

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main force that carved out the Grand Canyon?

a)

glaciers

b)

wind

c)

water

d)

humans

2.

About how long do scientists think it took to make the Grand Canyon?

a)

100-500 years

b)

7-70 million years

c)

10-1000 years

d)

300,000 - 400,000 thousand years

3.

What is it called when sand and sediment is taken to a new location and dumped?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

abrasion

4.

What is it called when rocks grind against rocks making them smooth and round? It's a type of weathering.

a)

abrasion

b)

deposition

c)

mechanical

d)

chemical

5.

Put these in order of occurrence.

a)

deposition, weathering, erosion

b)

weathering, erosion, deposition

c)

erosion, weathering, deposition

d)

All three happen at the same time.

6.

If tree roots grow through and/or break a sidewalk, then this is an example of:

a)

mechanical/physical weathering

b)

erosion

c)

abrasion

d)

chemical weathering

7.

Acid rain destroys statues and cemeteries. It's an example of:

a)

chemical weathering

b)

abrasion

c)

mechanical/physical weathering

d)

erosion

8.

Volcanoes can benefit our land. They can make landforms. Choose ALL that apply:

a)

mountains and arches

b)

craters, mountains, and islands

c)

mountains, and islands

d)

geysers, islands, craters and mountains

9.

A U-shaped valley is carved out by this force:

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

earthquake

d)

glacier

10.

A V-shaped valley is carved out by this force:

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

earthquake

d)

glacier

11.

Oxidation occurs when a rock with iron is exposed to oxygen and turns red This is an example of:

a)

erosion

b)

mechanical/physical weathering

c)

abrasion

d)

chemical weathering

12.

Frost action or ice wedging is when water gets into cracks in rocks then freezes and thaws. This action busts apart rocks. It is:

a)

mechanical/physical weathering

b)

abrasion

c)

chemical weathering

d)

erosion

13.

There are many forces that cause weathering and erosion. But the number one cause is:

a)

glaciers

b)

wind

c)

water

d)

temperature change

14.

Choose all the examples of deposition.

a)

delta and canyon

b)

delta and shoreline

c)

delta, shoreline and sand dune

d)

valley and canyon

15.

Erosions has many forms. Choose all the types of erosion from the list below:

a)

wind, glaciers and avalanche

b)

wind, glaciers, avalanche and canyons

c)

wind, glaciers, avalanche and waves

d)

just waves

16.

What is the term when a sea dries up, leaves behind deposits of minerals and rock, returns again and again depositing layers of rock each time?

a)

weathering

b)

deposition

c)

evaporation

d)

erosion

17.

What has created this structure?

a)

uplift

b)

glaciers

c)

volcanoes

d)

earthquakes

18.

what pulls pieces of rock down a mountain to cause a landslide?

a)

abrasion

b)

gravity

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

19.

When hot liquid is inside a volcano it's called _____________, but when it leaves the volcano it's called _________________.

a)

magma, lava

b)

lava, magma

20.

Earthquakes happen along breaks in the earth called

a)

abrasion

b)

faults

c)

erosion

d)

gravity lines

21.

What are forces that can make a mountain smaller?

a)

volcanos, erosion, weathering

b)

erosion, weathering, water

c)

erosion, weathering, deposition

22.

When buttes weather and erode they become _____________.

a)

canyons

b)

plains

c)

arches

d)

delta

e)

sand dunes

23.

Two plates pushing together creates a ____________, while two plates moving apart creates a ____________________.

a)

valley, mountain

b)

volcano, valley

c)

mountain, valley

d)

canyon, mountain

24.

How long does it take to carve out a valley from a glacier?

a)

millions of years

b)

thousands of years

c)

hundreds of years

d)

billions of years