Landforms And Causes To The Earth's Surface
This Quiz is a review of our last two lessons in Science, Earth's Landforms and What Causes Changes to the Earth's Landforms.
- 1.A large moving block of ice is called a _________.
- A.
Deposition
- B.
Glacier
- C.
Mountain
- D.
Volcano
- 2.An earthquake is _______________.
- A.
The shaking of Earth's surface caused by movement of rock in the crust.
- B.
The movement of ice down a moutain.
- C.
Dropping of bits and pieces of rock when water flows.
- D.
A mountain that forms when lava flows through a crack onto Earth's surface.
- 3.A volcano is a moutain that is formed when _____________.
- A.
Two plates collide and niether gives.
- B.
When lava flows through a crack onto Earth's surface.
- C.
When the sun melts rocks.
- D.
When water runs through a valley.
- 4.The earth has ______ layers. They are the _______________________.
- A.
2, inside and outside layers
- B.
3, the crust, the center, and the mddle.
- C.
4, the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core.
- D.
0, it is a solid piece of rock the whole way through.
- 5.Deposition is ____________________.
- A.
The dropping of bits of rock and soil as water flows.
- B.
A crack in a glacier.
- C.
An old river.
- D.
A canyon wall.
- 6.A glacier forms when _______________.
- A.
Snow piles up and packs down until a large mass of ice forms. When this ice moves it becomes a glacier.
- B.
When a mountain splits into two pieces.
- C.
When water freezes on a lake.
- D.
None of the above.
- 7.What conditions are needed for wind erosion?
- A.
Conditions must be dry and windy where soil is loose and can be easily moved.
- B.
Conditions must be wet and salty.
- C.
None of the above.
- 8.What is magma?
- A.
Hot gases
- B.
Hard rock
- C.
Melted rock
- D.
Hot metals
- 9.A landform is _______________.
- A.
A natural feature on Earth's surface.
- B.
A man-made lake or park.
- C.
All of the above.
- D.
None of the above.
- 10.Topography is __________________.
- A.
A specific type of landform.
- B.
The tops of mountains.
- C.
The shape of landforms in an area.
- D.
None of the above
- 11.A mountain is land that is higher than the land around it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Deltas form at the end of rivers. Dunes form in dry areas when wind carries sand.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.A large, flat landform is called a ________________________.
- A.
Moutain
- B.
Delta
- C.
Plain
- D.
Hill
- 14.An _________________________ is a type of landform where a body of land is surrounded by water.
- A.
Island
- B.
Dune
- C.
Plateau
- D.
Moutain
- 15.Which of these landforms is flat or partly flat?
- A.
Hill
- B.
Plateau
- C.
Dune
- D.
Moutain
- 16.How might a mountain become a plain over a long time? Explain your answer in complete sentences below.
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