Natural Landform Quiz
10 Questions
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This is a test on basic geology how landforms are made, volcanoes, uplift, weathering, erosion, and the rock cycle
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which of these is NOT a way that landforms are made?
- A.
Tectonic uplift
- B.
Erosion
- C.
Bright sunlight and water vapor
- 2.Mountains can be formed
- A.
When tectonic plates push against each other and cause "uplift"
- B.
When tidal waves push the sand in from the ocean floor
- C.
Only at the very beginning of the world
- 3.Which of these is NOT a way that landforms are made?
- A.
Tectonic plates pushing against each other
- B.
A river wears away the rocks and soil from one place and moves them to another place
- C.
Bright sunlight and water vapor heat up the earth
- 4.Metamorphic rock is formed when lava flows from a volcano, cools, and hardens.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The 3 types of rocks are: metamorphic, sedimentary, and
- A.
Gravel
- B.
Mountainous
- C.
Igneous
- 6.Weathering and erosion are ways that things like wind, water, and ice can break down rocks and move sediments and soil.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.New ___________________ can be formed when volcanoes erupt underwater over a long period of time.
- 8.A river or glacier moving rocks, soil, and sediments from one place to another is an example of
- A.
Weathering
- B.
Erosion
- C.
Uplift
- 9.____________________ is the earth force that helps water and glaciers move rocks and sediments from one place to another.
- 10.Sedimentary rocks can be made from other kinds of rocks.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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