16. A city protects its coastline from erosion by using jetties. The jetties:

C. trap sand to keep it from moving down the shore

13. Which of the following is NOT a cause of weathering?

D. a river carries sand and sediment downstream

10. How do volcanoes change Earth’s land forms?

D. The form mountains of ash and lava.

12. What is a seismograph?

A. tool used by a seismologist to learn about an earthquake

3. A student went to a river and saw that some rocks were smooth while others were rough. Why?

D. The smooth rocks have been weathered longer.

1. Which of these landforms is formed by deposition?

C. a delta near the mouth of a river

4. Why would scientists MOST LIKELY want to predict the likelihood of a volcanic eruption?

B. to warn people who live nearby

15. Which is the correct order of the earth's layers from the inside and going outwards?

C. Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

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16. A city protects its coastline from erosion by using jetties. The jetties:
D. channel water away from certain parts of the beach
A. deliver new sand to the area
C. trap sand to keep it from moving down the shore
B. separate the ocean from the beach
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13. Which of the following is NOT a cause of weathering?
D. a river carries sand and sediment downstream
C. sand blows against a rocky surface
B. a plant grows in a crack in a rock
A. waves constantly crash into a cliff
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10. How do volcanoes change Earth’s land forms?
A. Release of pressure from inside Earth.
C. They form over hotspots.
B. They blow ash and lava high into Earth’s atmosphere.
D. The form mountains of ash and lava.
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5. Rainwater reacting with the minerals in rocks. The water is acidic.
B. Physical weathering
C. Biological weathering
D. Erosion
A. Chemical weathering
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The theory of global tectonics which the Earth’s crust is divided into crustal plates called:
D: Deconstructive Process
C: Plate Tectonics
A: Continental Drift
B: Constructive Process
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12. What is a seismograph?
B. tool used by a seismologist to learn about a hurricane
D. tool used by a biologist to gather data on farm animals
A. tool used by a seismologist to learn about an earthquake
C. tool used by a biologist to gather data information
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6. Rocks heating up the sunlight and then freezing causes cracks in rocks. This is. . .
A. Chemical weathering
B. Physical weathering
C. Biological weathering
D. Erosion
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14. Which is an example of land form made of destructive forces?
C. mountain
A. delta
B. canyon
D. glacier
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8. Which is MOST likely to form in the place where tectonic plates move together?
A. new crust
B. oceans
D. mountains
C. sand dunes
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2. The weakening and breaking down of rock by plants, animals and humans
C. Biological weathering
B. Physical weathering
D. Erosion
A. Chemical weathering
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3. A student went to a river and saw that some rocks were smooth while others were rough. Why?
C. The smooth rocks are much newer than the rough rocks.
D. The smooth rocks have been weathered longer.
B. The rough rocks were blown by wind erosion.
A. The rough rocks are from a volcanic eruption far away.
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11. A city builds levees on the banks of a river. What is the city trying to reduce?
D. earthquakes
A. flooding
B. landslides
C. hurricanes
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9. The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
A. Eurasia
B. Indo-Australia
D. Pacific
C. Pangaea
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7. A surface process that remove soil or rock from one location, and transport it away
C. Biological weathering
D. Erosion
B. Weathering
A. Chemical weathering
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1. Which of these landforms is formed by deposition?
A. a mountain near a lake
D. a pool at the bottom of a waterfall
C. a delta near the mouth of a river
B. a canyon between two cliffs
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4. Why would scientists MOST LIKELY want to predict the likelihood of a volcanic eruption?
C. to protect nearby houses and buildings
D. to estimate the amount of lava that will flow
B. to warn people who live nearby
A. to study weather changes
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15. Which is the correct order of the earth's layers from the inside and going outwards?
B. Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
A. Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
D. Continental cruse, oceanic crust, mantle, core
C. Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

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