Unit test:
1. What are the three main types of rocks and how are they formed?
a) Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary; formed through the cooling and solidification of magma, through heat and pressure, and through the deposition and compaction of sediments respectively.
b) Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous; formed through the deposition and compaction of sediments, through heat and pressure, and through the cooling and solidification of magma respectively.
c) Metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary; formed through heat and pressure, through the cooling and solidification of magma, and through the deposition and compaction of sediments respectively.
d) Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic; formed through the cooling and solidification of magma, through the deposition and compaction of sediments, and through heat and pressure respectively.
Answer: b) Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous; formed through the deposition and compaction of sediments, through heat and pressure, and through the cooling and solidification of magma respectively.
2. Which of the following is not a force that contributes to weathering and erosion?
a) Gravity
b) Wind
c) Volcanic activity
d) Water
Answer: c) Volcanic activity
3. What is the process by which material is moved and deposited by wind, water, or ice?
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Deposition
d) Tectonic activity
Answer: b) Erosion
4. Which of the following is not a landform created by erosion?
a) Canyon
b) Delta
c) Sand dune
d) Volcano
Answer: d) Volcano
5. What is the major agent of erosion that has shaped the Earth's surface over millions of years?
a) Wind
b) Ice
c) Water
d) Gravity
Answer: c) Water
6. How are mountains typically formed?
a) Through the process of erosion
b) Through the uplift of the Earth's crust
c) Through the deposition of sediments
d) Through volcanic activity
Answer: b) Through the uplift of the Earth's crust
7. Which of the following is not a type of mass wasting?
a) Landslide
b) Mudslide
c) Avalanche
d) Earthquake
Answer: d) Earthquake
8. What is the term for the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Deposition
d) Sedimentation
Answer: a) Weathering
9. How do glaciers contribute to shaping the Earth's surface?
a) Through deposition of sediments
b) Through volcanic activity
c) Through weathering
d) Through erosion and carving of valleys
Answer: d) Through erosion and carving of valleys
10. What is the term for the process by which rock, sand, and soil are continuously moved from one place to another?
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Deposition
d) Mass wasting
Answer: b) Erosion
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