NEW
Font size
WorksheetsExternal Earth Processes - Pre-Assessment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Earth's surface has been subjected to numerous changes through phenomena known as _______?
Geological Processes
Biological Processes
Environmental Processes
Sociological Processes
Another term for "External Earth
Processes"?
Externum Processes
Exogenic Processes
Endogenic Processes
Mesogenic Processes
The breaking down of rocks and other material on the Earth's surface is called ________?
Weathering
Wethering
Wheathering
Wethearing
When forces break or chip rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition, it is called _______?
Chemical Weathering
Environmental Weathering
Biological Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
When the rock is broken down by chemical reactions, this is called _______?
Chemical Weathering
Environmental Weathering
Biological Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
The cycle of heating and cooling, as well as expansion and contraction of rocks, is repeated daily?
Abrasion
Frost Action
Temperature
Action of Living Things
This it the wearing off of rocks by solid particles carried by wind, water, and other
agents?
Abrasion
Frost Action
Temperature
Action of Living Things
Humans, Animals, and Plants that cause mechanical weathering?
Abrasion
Frost Action
Temperature
Action of Living Things
Occurs when water seeps into the small cracks of rock layers?
Abrasion
Frost Action
Temperature
Action of Living Things
A weathering process that peels away rock layers is called _______?
Exfoliation
Exofoliation
Endofoliation
Endefoliation
Can dissolve most of the minerals present in rocks?
Oxygen
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Sulfur Oxides
Acids and Chemicals from organisms
They produce acids
and other chemicals that dissolve some minerals in rocks?
Oxygen
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Sulfur Oxides
Acids and Chemicals from organisms
They combine with rainwater to form sulfuric acid?
Oxygen
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Sulfur Oxides
Acids and Chemicals from organisms
Combines with rainwater to form a weak solution of carbonic acid?
Oxygen
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Sulfur Oxides
Acids and Chemicals from organisms
Combines with other substances to form entirely new substances?
Oxygen
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Sulfur Oxides
Acids and Chemicals from organisms
The weathering of rocks on the Earth's surface results in soil formation. As rocks
weather, they change into smaller pieces?
Soil Formation
Erosion
Mass wasting
Sedimentation
The process by which soil and weathered rocks are transported from
one place to another?
Soil Formation
Erosion
Mass wasting
Sedimentation
The process through which sediments are
transported to another location?
Soil Formation
Erosion
Mass wasting
Sedimentation
The downward movement of sediments caused by gravity?
Soil Formation
Erosion
Mass wasting
Sedimentation
Another term for "Sedimentation"?
Deposition
Preposition
Proposition
Imposition
