Go to the Quizzes Page Processes Changing Earth’s Surface 0% 90 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 20 Why is the speed of soil formation greater in areas where the temperatures can change quickly? plants grow faster with varying temperatures worms will be more active with varying temperatures the frequent freezing and melting of ice break up rocks microbes will break rocks faster with varying temperatures 2 / 20 Which description best describes the term 'erosion'? The movement and pressure which causes the shape of the land to change The breakdown or decay, but not the removal, of rocks and minerals at or near the surface. The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass The process by which the land surface is worn down by running water, ice, wave action or wind. 3 / 20 What feature indicates the movement of glaciers on the Earth's surface? Old maps of the initial glaciers Grooves and scratches left on the rocks Watching and recording the movement of the glaciers The water flow from the melted glacier 4 / 20 Which of these is an example of erosion Light Shinning onto a mountain All answers are correct Wind blowing away sediment Rain breaking down rock 5 / 20 A loop like bend in the shape of the river as the river winds from side to side Meander Stream Rills Gully 6 / 20 _____________ plate boundaries are where tectonic plates collide. Fault Transform Convergent Divergent 7 / 20 Sharp, high-land ridge of rock that occurs between two alpine glaciers. Cirque Horn Dune Arete 8 / 20 Which statement is TRUE about weathering and deposition processes? Both weathering and deposition are destructive processes. Weathering is a destructive process while deposition is a constructive process. Both weathering and deposition are constructive processes. Weathering is a constructive process while deposition is a destructive process. 9 / 20 Why is the rate of erosion in deserts higher than in other areas? because the sand sizes are very tiny because the formed glaciers are too large because the water flows at a high speed because the sand is not held by plant roots and trees 10 / 20 What type of mountains are formed when molten rock erupts onto Earth’s surface and hardens? uplifted mountains fold mountains fault-block mountains volcanic mountains 11 / 20 Vibrations caused by earthquakes can cause large amounts of rock and soil to move downhill very quickly. Tsunami Landslide Volcano Fault zone 12 / 20 Plates slide past one another at ____. subduction zones transform boundaries divergent boundaries convection currents 13 / 20 What is soil composed of? all answers are correct weathered rock minerals living things 14 / 20 What are the two types of glaciers? Alpine glaciers Solid glaciers Dune glaciers Continental glaciers 15 / 20 Why is the weathering process faster on the top of mountains than at lower altitudes? because the number of animals and plants is less at lower altitudes than on mountain tops because the number of animals and plants is greater at lower altitudes than on mountaintops because wind, rain, and ice are weaker on the mountaintops than on lower altitudes because wind, rain, and ice are stronger on the mountaintops than on lower altitudes 16 / 20 What are the types of weathering? Organic weathering Aquatic weathering Chemical weathering Physical weathering 17 / 20 Which description best describes the term 'weathering'? The breakdown or decay, but not the removal, of rocks and minerals at or near the surface. The process by which the land surface is worn down by running water, ice, wave action or wind. The movement and pressure which causes the shape of the land to change The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass 18 / 20 Unsorted sediment or pebbles, sand, clay, etc. that is transported and deposited by glaciers is called: striations erratics till abrasions 19 / 20 Which of the following shows a chemical weathering of rocks? carbon dioxide reacts with water in the atmosphere forming an acid that reacts with rocks and changes their composition water enters the rock holes, freezes, and expands causing the rock to crack; then the process repeats to break down the rock the wind carries sand and small sediments causing them to collide with rocks and wears them into smaller pieces roots from plants find their way and grow into rock holes causing them to widen and crack 20 / 20 Which description best describes the term 'deposition'? The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass The process by which the land surface is worn down by running water, ice, wave action or wind. The movement and pressure which causes the shape of the land to change The breakdown or decay, but not the removal, of rocks and minerals at or near the surface. Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page