Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Rocks, Weathering, and Erosion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Erosion is....

a)

Rocks being broken down by the sun.

b)

When rocks are broken down into small grains and soil by wind and water.

c)

When rocks or soil are being moved from one place to another by wind and/or water.

d)

Being eroded by natural disasters.

2.

Freezing ice found in the cracks of a rock is an example of what?

a)

Melting

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

d)

Freezing

3.

How do scientist classify rocks?

a)

weight

b)

physical attributes

c)

height

4.

What is weathering?

a)

When rocks are broken down into small grains and soil by wind and/or water over time.

b)

Things are eroded by natural disasters

c)

When rocks are being broken down by the sun.

d)

When soil is being eroded by the sun.

5.

What is the name of the scale used to measure hardness?

a)

Maw's

b)

Einstein's

c)

Mohn's

d)

Mohs'

6.

What is luster?

a)

How hard a rock or mineral is

b)

How shiny or dull a rock or mineral is

c)

The color of a rock or mineral

d)

How a rock or mineral feels

7.

The physical attribute of how a rock feels is what?

a)

Color

b)

Luster

c)

Texture

d)

Hardness

8.

The physical attribute observed in a streak test is what?

a)

hardness

b)

color

c)

texture

d)

luster

9.

What can we use to measure the hardness of a rock?

a)

Fingernail

b)

Penny

c)

Paper Clip

d)

All of the above

10.

What is another word for physical attribute?

a)

cheerful

b)

streak test

c)

observable trait

d)

color

11.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
Erosion
b)
Landslide
c)
Weathering
12.
What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Glaciers
13.
Weathering and erosion are the same thing.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
15.
The process of slowly breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
16.
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out caves
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
17.
The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
faults
18.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
19.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
20.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition