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Rapid and Slow Processes

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which natural process can change the Earth's surface through glaciers, wind, and flooding?

a)

mudslide

b)

earthquake

c)

erosion

d)

tornado

2.

What natural event causes sudden changes to the Earth's surface?

a)

global warming

b)

glaciers

c)

solar flares

d)

earthquakes

3.

The Earth was formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Since then, the surface of the Earth has been changing. What causes the surface of the Earth to change over time?

a)

earthquakes

b)

erosion

c)

volcanoes

d)

floods

4.

Which of the following agents causes erosion?

a)

canyons

b)

earthquakes

c)

caves

d)

wind

5.

Rocks are being weathered when...

a)

rain causes features of buildings and statues to become more rounded and less detailed.

b)

water freezes and thaws inside small cracks, causing pieces of rock to break off.

c)

tree roots force their way into small openings, and pieces of the rock break

d)

all of the above

6.

Which of the following can cause erosion?

a)

animals and minerals

b)

wind and rocks

c)

minerals and soils

d)

animals and people

7.

Jamal and Elizabeth were conducting an investigation. They were building sand hills and blowing them with a straw. What process where they modeling.

a)

water erosion

b)

wind erosion

c)

deposition erosion

d)

ice weathering

8.

What are three agents of weathering?

a)

water, soda, soil

b)

wind, water, sand

c)

water, ice, deposition

d)

water, ice, wind

9.

Kendall said that all changes to the Earth's surface happen slowly over time. Is Kendall correct?

a)

Yes, he is correct, all changes happen slowly through erosion.

b)

No he is not correct, the changes happen suddenly.

c)

No, he is not correct, the changes happen through deposition.

d)

No, he is not correct, changes can happen rapidly or over time.

10.
What is weathering?
a)
When Earth material, like rock, sand, and soil are being carried away from their original location
b)
When Earth materials are broken down into smaller pieces
c)
When Earth materials, like rock, sand, and soil, are dropped or deposited into a new location.
d)
When the Earth changes quickly and it looks different from before.
11.
What is erosion?
a)
When Earth materials, like rock, sand, and soil are being carried away from their original location
b)
When Earth materials are broke down into smaller pieces
c)
When Earth materials, like rock, sand, and soil, are dropped or deposited into a new location
d)
When the Earth changes quickly and it looks different from before
12.
What do all of these words have in common? landslide, flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption
a)
They are all rapid processes
b)
They are all slow processes
c)
They are all landforms
d)
They are all water features
13.
Which rapid process occurs when the plates of Earth shift rapidly and the surface of the ground shakes and rolls causing damage to Earth's surface, like cracks, and other openings, and damage to roads and buildings?
a)
landslide
b)
earthquake
c)
flood
d)
volcanic eruptions
14.
What is deposition?
a)
When Earth materials, like rock, sand, and soil are being carried away from their original location.
b)
When Earth materials are broken down into smaller pieces.
c)
When Earth materials like rock, sand, and soil, are dropped or deposited into a new location.
d)
When the Earth changes quickly and it looks different from before.
15.
What event can cause most landslides?
a)
Too much rain soaking the ground of a mountain and making the soil loose.
b)
Too much shaking of the Earth's water
c)
Too much lava coming out of a volcano during an eruption
d)
Too much wind blowing the side of a mountain.
16.
Which of the following is in the picture?
a)
volcanic eruption
b)
landslide
c)
weathering of the rocks
d)
flood
17.

What type of earth change has occurred?

a)

volcanic eruption

b)

earthquake

c)

flood

18.

What type of earth change has occurred?

a)

landslide

b)

earthquake

c)

flood

19.

What type of earth change has occurred?

a)

earthquake

b)

landslide

c)

flood

20.

What type of earth change has occurred?

a)

earthquake

b)

flood

c)

volcanic eruption

21.

Some Earth changes happen very rapidly. Which of the following lists ONLY rapid processes?

a)

landslides, floods, earthquakes

b)

weathering, erosion, deposition

c)

landslides, erosion, weathering

d)

eruptions, earthquakes, deposition

22.

What is it called when Earth materials are DROPPED in a new location because wind has stopped blowing or water has stopped moving?

a)

flood

b)

deposition

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

erosion

23.

Rocks, sand, and soil are being carried away from their original location. This is an example of ________.

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

landslide

d)

rapid process

24.

When a _________ occurs, rocks and soil on the side of a slope or on a cliff drop down to a lower location.

a)

erosion

b)

slow process

c)

flood

d)

landslide

25.

When __________ occurs, rocks are being broken apart.

a)

rapid process

b)

volcanic eruption

c)

weathering

d)

erosion

26.

A ________________ changes the Earth's surface slowly.

a)

cavern

b)

rapid process

c)

mountain

d)

slow process

27.

Which of these rapid changes describes shaking of the ground caused by a sudden shift in Earth's crust?

a)

Landslide

b)

Earthquake

c)

Volcanic Eruption

d)

All of the above

28.

A sudden movement of loose rock and soil down a steep slope is called a.....

a)

avalanche

b)

earthquake

c)

landslide

d)

volcanic eruption

29.

Which processes cause landforms to be created and destroyed?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

All of the Above

e)

None of the Above

30.
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Decomposition
31.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
Deposition
b)
Landslide
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
32.
The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Crop Rotation
33.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Awesome Science
34.
Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition 
d)
A nice place to swim
35.
What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Glaciers
d)
Weathering
36.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
An avalanche
37.
Which of the following is NOT a slow change to Earth's surface?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Landslides
38.
Which of the following is NOT a fast change in Earth's surface?
a)
Landslides
b)
Erosion
c)
Volcanoes Erupting
d)
Earthquakes
39.
When earth materials have been eroded and are put (dropped) into a new location is called.
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
landslide

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