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Weathering
Erosion
Volcanoes
True/False
Miscellaneous
100
Is weathering: a. The breaking down of rocks b. The movement of rocks c. The dropping off of rocks
What is: a. the breaking down of rocks
100
Erosion is: a. the breaking down of rocks b. the movement of weathered rocks c. the dropping off of weathered rocks
What is b. the movement of weathered rocks
100
What is magma called when it comes out of the ground?
What is lava
100
True or False? Most of living plants and animals live on the first horizon of soil called humus.
What is True
100
The name for the dropping off of weathered rocks
What is deposition
200
What mixes with rain to make acid rain? a. oxygen b.rust c. carbon dioxide
What is c. carbon dioxide
200
When large amounts of loose rock and soil move fast it is called a: a. landslide b. earthquake c. tornado
What is a. landslide
200
A volcanic eruption is an example of the land changing: a. slowly b. quickly
What is b. quickly
200
True or False? Weathering and Erosion always happen quickly, like in a tornado.
What is False.
200
Natural features on the earth's surface are called: ______ (examples: mountains, valleys, canyons, and hills)
What is landforms
300
Which of the following is an example of physical weathering: a. acid rain b. freezing and thawing c. rust
What is b. freezing and thawing
300
Which is an example of a slow change to land: a. mudslide b. earthquake c. a U-shaped valley
What is c. a U-shaped valley
300
What kind of volcano is wide and flat? a. cinder cone volcano b. shield volcano c. composite volcano
What is a shield volcano
300
True or False? Strip farming can help slow down erosion.
What is True.
300
What is the most fertile and rich type of soil? a. sand b. loam c. clay
What is b.loam
400
Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering: a. abrasion b. exfoliation c. rust
What is c. rust
400
Which of the following is an example of a quick change to the land: a. Tsunamis b. deserts c. U-shaped valley
What is a. tsunami
400
Which volcano is made out of layers of ash and lava: a. cinder cone volcano b. shield volcano c. composite volcano
What is c. composite volcano
400
True or False? An avalanche is an example of a slow change to the earth.
What is False
400
Is a tree's roots breaking down rock or sidewalks an example of weathering or erosion?
What is weathering
500
What causes acids to be in river water? a. decaying plants b. ice c. abrasion
What is a. decaying plants
500
Which of the following DOESN'T effect the speed of erosion: a. The size of the rocks b. how packed the rock is c. how much oxygen is around the rock.
What is c. how much oxygen is around the rock
500
What type of volcano is Mt.Lassen: a. a cinder cone volcano b. a shield volcano c. a composite volcano
What is a. a cinder cone volcano
500
True or False? Wind is the biggest cause of erosion.
What is False. (water is.)
500
The movement of earth's crust caused by moving plates are also known as: a. volcanoes b. Canyons c. Earthquakes
What is c. Earthquakes