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Soils, Rocks, and Landforms 1&2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are small pieces of rock?

a)

Sand

b)

Sediments

c)

Gravel

d)

Pebbles

2.

What is the process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces of rock?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Chemical Reaction

d)

Weathering

3.

What is a mix of humus, sand, silt, clay, gravel, and/or pebbles?

(a)  

4.

What is the process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging?

a)

Physical Weathering

b)

Abrasion

c)

Chemical Weathering

d)

Weathering

5.

To become hard or stiffened due to the loss of heat.

a)

Expand

b)

Freeze

6.

Material made up of one or more minerals or organic matter.

(a)  

7.

The process that takes weathered, eroded materials from one place to another by wind, water, or ice.

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Calcite

8.

The rubbing, grinding, and bumping of rocks that cause physical weathering.

a)

Physical Weathering

b)

Chemical Weathering

c)

Weathering

d)

Abrasion

9.

A common rock-forming mineral in Earth's crust.

a)

Rock

b)

Silt

c)

Calcite

d)

Clay

10.

What is a Chemical Reaction?

a)

A process in which two or more materials mix in a way that forms new materials.

b)

A process by which the minerals in a rock can change due to chemicals in water and air.

c)

A process by which rocks are broken down by banging and breaking.

11.

When the volume of a substance increases or gets bigger.

a)

Expand

b)

Freeze

12.

What is Chemical Weathering?

a)

A process in which two or more materials mix in a way that forms new materials.

b)

A process by which the minerals in a rock can change due to chemicals in water and air.

c)

A process by which rocks are broken down by banging and breaking.

13.

The process where sediments are dropped off to a lake or ocean.

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Calcite

14.

What are some agents that can cause erosion?

a)

Water

b)

Ice

c)

Wind

d)

Animals

e)

Gravity

15.

What are some agents that can cause weathering?

a)

Growing Plants

b)

Wind

c)

Water

d)

Animals

e)

Ice

16.

What does W.E.D. stand for?

4 lines
17.

What are some examples of Deposition

a)

Plants growing

b)

Animals burrowing

c)

Formation of islands

d)

Formation of rocks

e)

Formation of sand dunes