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External Earth Processes - Pre-Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earth's surface has been subjected to numerous changes through phenomena known as _______?

a)

Geological Processes

b)

Biological Processes

c)

Environmental Processes

d)

Sociological Processes

2.

Another term for "External Earth

Processes"?

a)

Externum Processes

b)

Exogenic Processes

c)

Endogenic Processes

d)

Mesogenic Processes

3.

The breaking down of rocks and other material on the Earth's surface is called ________?

a)

Weathering

b)

Wethering

c)

Wheathering

d)

Wethearing

4.

When forces break or chip rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition, it is called _______?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Environmental Weathering

c)

Biological Weathering

d)

Mechanical Weathering

5.

When the rock is broken down by chemical reactions, this is called _______?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Environmental Weathering

c)

Biological Weathering

d)

Mechanical Weathering

6.

The cycle of heating and cooling, as well as expansion and contraction of rocks, is repeated daily?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Frost Action

c)

Temperature

d)

Action of Living Things

7.

This it the wearing off of rocks by solid particles carried by wind, water, and other

agents?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Frost Action

c)

Temperature

d)

Action of Living Things

8.

Humans, Animals, and Plants that cause mechanical weathering?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Frost Action

c)

Temperature

d)

Action of Living Things

9.

Occurs when water seeps into the small cracks of rock layers?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Frost Action

c)

Temperature

d)

Action of Living Things

10.

A weathering process that peels away rock layers is called _______?

a)

Exfoliation

b)

Exofoliation

c)

Endofoliation

d)

Endefoliation

11.

Can dissolve most of the minerals present in rocks?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Water

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Sulfur Oxides

e)

Acids and Chemicals from organisms

12.

They produce acids

and other chemicals that dissolve some minerals in rocks?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Water

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Sulfur Oxides

e)

Acids and Chemicals from organisms

13.

They combine with rainwater to form sulfuric acid?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Water

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Sulfur Oxides

e)

Acids and Chemicals from organisms

14.

Combines with rainwater to form a weak solution of carbonic acid?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Water

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Sulfur Oxides

e)

Acids and Chemicals from organisms

15.

Combines with other substances to form entirely new substances?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Water

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Sulfur Oxides

e)

Acids and Chemicals from organisms

16.

The weathering of rocks on the Earth's surface results in soil formation. As rocks

weather, they change into smaller pieces?

a)

Soil Formation

b)

Erosion

c)

Mass wasting

d)

Sedimentation

17.

The process by which soil and weathered rocks are transported from

one place to another?

a)

Soil Formation

b)

Erosion

c)

Mass wasting

d)

Sedimentation

18.

The process through which sediments are

transported to another location?

a)

Soil Formation

b)

Erosion

c)

Mass wasting

d)

Sedimentation

19.

The downward movement of sediments caused by gravity?

a)

Soil Formation

b)

Erosion

c)

Mass wasting

d)

Sedimentation

20.

Another term for "Sedimentation"?

a)

Deposition

b)

Preposition

c)

Proposition

d)

Imposition