Soil Erosion
Quiz by JAN ALYSSON LAURIO
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- Q1
Which of the following best describes a rock?
Solid and organic material
Solid and liquid organic material
Liquid and inorganic material
Solid and inorganic material
30s - Q2
In your science activity, you observed that some rock samples are big while others are small. Your observation clearly shows that the rocks may differ in ______.
Size
Color
Shape
Hardness
30s - Q3
While doing the activity, you observed that other rocks can scratch some rocks. This shows that rocks differ in _____.
Shape
Hardness
Color
Size
30s - Q4
In your science class, you observed that rocks differ in size, color, shape, texture, and hardness. This observation shows that rocks _______.
Have different characteristics
Maybe light or dark – colored
Maybe soft or hard
Maybe big or small
30s - Q5
Which of the following tends to cause physical or mechanical weathering?
All of these
The root of plants grows into the cracks in the rocks.
Animals that burrow in the ground.
Water seeps into the pores and cracks of the rock.
30s - Q6
Which of the following occurs when acidic water caused the rocks to break producing clay and soluble salts?
Oxidation
Erosion
Hydrolysis
Carbonation
30s - Q7
How does temperature weather rocks?
Rocks are heated greatly all the time.
Rocks are cooled tremendously all the time.
Rocks are at different temperatures.
Rocks are heated and cooled continuously.
30s - Q8
Why do sedimentary rocks are important to geologists and archeologists?
They serve as collection.
They use it to study the structure of things that existed in the past.
They serve as decoration.
They used it to make a jewel
30s - Q9
Which of the following would not use rocks and minerals?
Building
Ceramics
Electrical device
Jewelry
30s - Q10
What could be a problem with a monument made from chalk?
All of the above
It couldn’t be shaped.
It could crumble over time.
It wouldn’t float.
30s - Q11
A plant serves as an agent of weathering, which of the following statements supports this idea?
Roots of plants that grow in rocks and cause them to break.
Branches of plants cause the rocks to break when blown by the winds.
Decaying trunks of plants cause the rocks to break.
Falling of leaves causes rocks to break.
30s - Q12
Landslides on mountain slopes show the force of...
Wind
Gravity
Running water
Runoff
30s - Q13
What makes the water muddy after heavy rain?
The pebbles picked up by water
The rainwater turned brown in color.
The water carries the gravel and sand.
The fine dust particles dissolved in water.
30s - Q14
How can trees help prevent erosion?
The roots absorb the water at once.
The roots hold the soil firmly together.
The trees block the way of running water.
The roots secrete acid, attacking the rocks.
30s - Q15
When is wind an agent of erosion?
When it carries rock pieces to other places.
When it presses down on rocks.
When it stops picking up rocks.
When it carries rock pieces to other places.
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