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