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Earth Processes Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would most likely created a wide u-shaped valley?

a)

A river rushing through

b)

Volcanic Eruption

c)

Glacier

d)

Heavy rainfall

2.

When water freezes and thaws inside a rock, what’s most likely going to happen to the rock?

4 lines
3.

Wind weathering, erosion, and deposition can create many different landforms. Select TWO landforms it can make.

a)

Sand Dunes

b)

Beaches

c)

Valley

d)

Arches

4.

A student build a hill of sugar cubes and covered it with clay. The student then poured hot water over it causing the sugar cubes to dissolve. What landformed formed as a result?

a)

Fossil Fuels

b)

Caves

c)

Canyons

d)

Deltas

5.

What is correct order for coal formation?

(a)  

6.

What comes from heat and pressure that has been applied to dead plants and ocean animals for millions of years?

a)

Naturual Gases

b)

Coal

c)

Beaches

d)

Oil

7.

Decayed plants and animals and sedimentary rock are necessary to form what?

a)

Fossil Fuels

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Water

d)

Sand

8.

What process requires squeezing together sediments like tiny rocks and clay to form sedimentary rocks?

a)

Erosion

b)

Compaction

c)

Cementation

d)

Sedimentation

9.

What is NOT needed for the formation of Fossil Fuels?

a)

Dead plants and animals

b)

Heat

c)

Sunlight

d)

Pressure

10.

What change is shown in the model?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Cementation

11.

What are two variables that we can change to change the result of the experiment?

a)

Height of the blocks

b)

Amount of water being poured

c)

Type of water

d)

Size of the tray

12.

Which two statements are true about Deltas?

a)

Statement 1

b)

Statement 2

c)

Statement 3

d)

Statement 4

13.

What two things helped form The Grand Canyon?

a)

Rushing Lava

b)

Erosion of Sediments

c)

Flowing Water

d)

Earthquake