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WorksheetsEarth's Changing Surface Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What happens to soil or sediment during deposition?
What happens during the weathering process?
What is the effect of tree roots in water along the edge of a river?
Stabilize the riverbank and prevent erosion by holding soil in place
Why to cracks in rocks get bigger when water freezes?
How are sand dunes formed?
Farmers create these to prevent plants or crops from drying out in windy areas.
Plants can cause weathering. How does moss cause weathering when growing on rocks?
By taking minerals from the rocks which weakens them and causes them to break down.
Why are terraces built in hilly landscapes?
What causes physical weathering?
Natural processes such as temperature changes, wind, and water
What kind of weathering is acid rain?
Which is not an example of deposition?
Volcanic Activity
River Delta
Glacial movement depositing rocks
Ice Wedging
Example of both a constructive and destructive force.
Which canyon created by erosion was a result of human activity?
Grand Canyon in Colorado
Providence Canyon in Georgia
The build up of sediment can cause what type of rock to be formed?
What is found in sedimentary rock more than any other type of rock?
The rock cycle involves the formation of what three types of rocks?
When lava and magma cools, what type of rock is formed?
Where can you find magma?
Beneath the Earth's surface in the mantle
Spewing from a volcanic eruption
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
Give an example of a rock skipping part of the rock cycle.
Sedimentary rock uplifted back above the Earth's surface
Igneous rock reburied and becomes metamorphic rock
Both answers are possible because rocks in the rock cycle do not always make a complete loop.
