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WorksheetsGeoscience Processes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following surface features could be caused by moving ice but not by moving water or wind?
Transporting large boulders over many kilometers
Smoothing and rounding rocks of different sizes
Carving out a canyon several kilometers long
Movement of sediments down a mountainside
Which of these geoscience process has the largest time scale?
tornado
landslide
flash flood
delta formation
One of these does not describe a tectonic plate boundary
convergent
divergent
transform
landslide
Which type of plate boundary creates mountains
divergent
convergent
transform
landslide
Mass of Earth and rock sliding down a mountain
landslide
earthquake
volcano
tornado
Movement of Earth's crust resulting in a violent shaking
volcano
earthquake
tornado
delta formation
Example of
limestone
earthquake
landslide
delta formation
Example of
landslide
tornado
hurricane
delta
Example of
Weathering and erosion by water
Weathering and erosion by wind
Weathering and erosion by ice
Plate tectonics
Which of the following changes to Earth’s surface is most likely to represent the smallest scale of space and time?
A landslide on a mountain
Uplift of mountain ranges
Breakdown of rock into sediments
Formation of a canyon
What natural disasters do populations living on the Ring of Fire face?
tornadoes and hurricanes
earthquakes and hurricanes
volcanoes and sandstorms
earthquakes and volcanoes
A subduction zone is...
plates pull apart.
the continental plate slides under the oceanic plate.
where the oceanic plate slides under the continental plate.
plates slap each other a high five.
Which of the following geoscience processes is primarily responsible for the formation of sedimentary rock layers?
A) Volcanic eruptions
B) Erosion and deposition
C) Earthquakes
D) Tectonic plate movement
What is the main driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?
A) Gravitational pull from the moon
B) Ocean currents
C) Mantle convection
D) Solar radiation
Which geoscience process is most likely to cause the formation of a delta at the mouth of a river?
A) Erosion
B) Deposition
C) Weathering
D) Volcanic activity
