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 What are the two types of glaciers? Solid glaciers Alpine glaciers Dune glaciers Continental glaciers 2 / 20 What feature indicates the movement of glaciers on the Earth's surface? Grooves and scratches left on the rocks Watching and recording the movement of the glaciers The water flow from the melted glacier Old maps of the initial glaciers 3 / 20 What are the types of weathering? Chemical weathering Aquatic weathering Organic weathering Physical weathering 4 / 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 5 / 20 Sharp, high-land ridge of rock that occurs between two alpine glaciers. Dune Cirque Horn Arete 6 / 20 Why is the speed of soil formation greater in areas where the temperatures can change quickly? 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 plants grow faster with varying temperatures 7 / 20 Plates slide past one another at ____. divergent boundaries transform boundaries subduction zones convection currents 8 / 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 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 9 / 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 the number of animals and plants is greater at lower altitudes than on mountaintops because the number of animals and plants is less at lower altitudes than on mountain tops because wind, rain, and ice are stronger on the mountaintops than on lower altitudes 10 / 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 sand is not held by plant roots and trees because the formed glaciers are too large 11 / 20 Which description best describes the term 'deposition'? 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 The breakdown or decay, but not the removal, of rocks and minerals at or near the surface. 12 / 20 Which description best describes the term 'erosion'? 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. The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass The breakdown or decay, but not the removal, of rocks and minerals at or near the surface. 13 / 20 Which of these is an example of erosion Rain breaking down rock Wind blowing away sediment All answers are correct Light Shinning onto a mountain 14 / 20 _____________ plate boundaries are where tectonic plates collide. Divergent Transform Convergent Fault 15 / 20 What is soil composed of? all answers are correct living things minerals weathered rock 16 / 20 Which statement is TRUE about weathering and deposition processes? Weathering is a constructive process while deposition is a destructive process. Both weathering and deposition are destructive processes. Both weathering and deposition are constructive processes. Weathering is a destructive process while deposition is a constructive process. 17 / 20 Unsorted sediment or pebbles, sand, clay, etc. that is transported and deposited by glaciers is called: till abrasions striations erratics 18 / 20 A loop like bend in the shape of the river as the river winds from side to side Gully Stream Meander Rills 19 / 20 What type of mountains are formed when molten rock erupts onto Earth’s surface and hardens? fold mountains volcanic mountains uplifted mountains fault-block mountains 20 / 20 Vibrations caused by earthquakes can cause large amounts of rock and soil to move downhill very quickly. Landslide Tsunami Volcano Fault zone Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page