Go to the Quizzes Page Processes Changing Earth’s Surface 0% 490 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? microbes will break rocks faster with varying temperatures worms will be more active with varying temperatures plants grow faster with varying temperatures the frequent freezing and melting of ice break up rocks 2 / 20 Vibrations caused by earthquakes can cause large amounts of rock and soil to move downhill very quickly. Landslide Volcano Fault zone Tsunami 3 / 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 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 4 / 20 Which of these is an example of erosion Wind blowing away sediment Light Shinning onto a mountain All answers are correct Rain breaking down rock 5 / 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 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. The movement and pressure which causes the shape of the land to change 6 / 20 Sharp, high-land ridge of rock that occurs between two alpine glaciers. Horn Cirque Arete Dune 7 / 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 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 8 / 20 Plates slide past one another at ____. transform boundaries convection currents subduction zones divergent boundaries 9 / 20 What are the types of weathering? Aquatic weathering Organic weathering Chemical weathering Physical weathering 10 / 20 _____________ plate boundaries are where tectonic plates collide. Convergent Fault Transform Divergent 11 / 20 What are the two types of glaciers? Continental glaciers Alpine glaciers Dune glaciers Solid glaciers 12 / 20 Which of the following shows a chemical weathering of rocks? 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 carbon dioxide reacts with water in the atmosphere forming an acid that reacts with rocks and changes their composition 13 / 20 Which statement is TRUE about weathering and deposition processes? Both weathering and deposition are constructive processes. Weathering is a constructive process while deposition is a destructive process. Both weathering and deposition are destructive processes. Weathering is a destructive process while deposition is a constructive process. 14 / 20 What is soil composed of? all answers are correct minerals living things weathered rock 15 / 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 less at lower altitudes than on mountain tops because wind, rain, and ice are stronger on the mountaintops than on lower altitudes because the number of animals and plants is greater at lower altitudes than on mountaintops 16 / 20 Unsorted sediment or pebbles, sand, clay, etc. that is transported and deposited by glaciers is called: striations erratics abrasions till 17 / 20 What feature indicates the movement of glaciers on the Earth's surface? The water flow from the melted glacier Watching and recording the movement of the glaciers Grooves and scratches left on the rocks Old maps of the initial glaciers 18 / 20 Why is the rate of erosion in deserts higher than in other areas? because the sand sizes are very tiny because the sand is not held by plant roots and trees because the water flows at a high speed because the formed glaciers are too large 19 / 20 What type of mountains are formed when molten rock erupts onto Earth’s surface and hardens? uplifted mountains fault-block mountains fold mountains volcanic mountains 20 / 20 A loop like bend in the shape of the river as the river winds from side to side Stream Rills Gully Meander Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page