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CGeo Chapter 2 Review DSOC

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The following image represents convection.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The three major landforms are oceans, rivers, and lakes.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Volcanoes are the most powerful force of erosion.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The violent upheaval resulting in the shift of tectonic plates during the Flood would have been powerful enough to break apart the supercontinent and set the continents in motion toward their present positions, a process called continental drift.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Faults are deep cracks in the earth’s surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions.
a)
True
b)
False
6.

Which of the following is a major landform?

a)

Mountain

b)

Plain

c)

Plateau

d)

No correct option is given

7.

What is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces?

a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Folding
d)
No correct option given
8.
What is the process of wearing away rock and transporting sediments?
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Folding
d)
No correct option given
9.
Which area was formed through this geologic activity?
a)
Hawaiian
b)
Australia
c)
Africa
d)
Greenland
10.
Which view is the idea that geologic processes have been relatively uniform in activity and rate?
a)
Uniformitarianism
b)
Neocatastrophism
c)
Tidal wave
d)
Postmodernity
11.
Check all that apply: What are the physical systems of the earth?
a)
atmosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
biosphere
e)
troposphere
12.
When wind, water, or ice leave materials in a location, this is known as:
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Transportation
13.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
14.
The diagrams  shows a natural process that weathers rock.
 Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
a)
frozen water acts as a solute
b)
water expands when it freezes
c)
the mass of water increases when it freezes
d)
frozen water dissolves most types of rock
15.

How does folding affect Earth's surface?

a)

Folding causes the crust to buckle, and over time, to rise up and form mountains.

b)

Folding causes the crust to sink.

c)

Folding causes the crust to bend in half.

d)

Folding has no effect on Earth's surface.

16.

A geologist notices that the land on one side of a break in the crust is slightly higher than the other side.

What has the geologist found?

a)

an anticline

b)

a fault

c)

a fold

d)

a joint

17.

Which type of water is most common on Earth?

a)

saltwater

b)

swampwater

c)

freshwater

18.

Which of the following describes an ocean?

a)

A large bodies of salt water that surrounds a continent

b)

A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

c)

A large body of saltwater that is often connected to an ocean. It may be partly or completely surrounded by land.

19.

Which of the following describes a sea?

a)

A huge sheet of ice that covers land.

b)

A large body of saltwater that is often connected to an ocean. It may be partly or completely surrounded by land.

c)

A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

20.

Which of the following describes a river?

a)

A huge sheet of ice that covers land.

b)

An area where water, usually freshwater, is surrounded by land.

c)

A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

21.

Which of the following describes a glacier?

a)

Huge sheets of ice that cover land.

b)

A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

c)

A large body of saltwater that is often connected to an ocean and is partly or completely surrounded by land.

22.

How are lakes and ponds different?

a)

A pond is usually smaller than a lake.

b)

A lake is usually smaller than a pond.

c)

A lake has more birds and fish than a pond.

23.

About how much of the Earth is covered in water?

a)

50%

b)

75%

c)

97%

d)

100%

24.

Where is most water on Earth found?

a)

ponds

b)

oceans and seas

c)

glaciers

d)

lakes and rivers

e)

streams

25.

The more pointed the top of a mountain is, the older it is.

a)

True

b)

False

26.
Which layer formed first?
a)
Rock Layer W
b)
Rock Layer X
c)
Rock Layer Y
d)
Rock Layer Z
27.

Geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past.

a)

uniformitarianism

b)

catastrophism

c)

superposition

d)

correlation

28.

Idea that conditions and creatures on Earth change in quick, violent events.

a)

lateral

b)

index fossil

c)

uniformitarianism

d)

catastrophism

29.

Christians believe God when He says in His word that the ? was a catastrophic event that greatly changed the surface of the earth.

(a)