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