1. Rocks and Landforms Review Game
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Rocks and Landforms Review Game

2. When sediment undergoes compaction and cementation it will become …
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Extrusive Igneous Rock 30

3. What processes break rocks down into sediments?
Weathering and erosion
Cementing and compacting
Heat and pressure
Melting followed by cooling 30

4. A student wants to perform an experiment to determine at which temperature grass seeds germinate most rapidly. What variable should be changed in the experiment?
Amount of light provided to seeds
Type of soil provided to seeds
Temperature at which seeds are kept
Amount of water given to the seeds 30

5. Process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces by plants and animals.
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Biological Weathering

6. Process of weathering by which rock is broken down by physical forces or processes.
Mechanical
Chemical
Biological

7. When a rock is exposed to high temperature and great pressure it becomes…
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Extrusive Igneous Rock 30

8. Magma becomes igneous rock when…
Magma is exposed to high temperature and great pressure.
Magma becomes compacted.
Magma cools and crystallizes.
Magma melts. 30

9. Igneous rock can become sediment when…
The rock weathers and erodes.
The rock melts.
The rock crystallizes.
The rock is exposed to high temperature and great pressure. 30

10. Glaciers will advance if …
Winters are warm and summers are cool
Winters are cool and summers are warm
Snowfall is high and melting is low
Snowfall is low and melting is high 30

11. Which type of physical weathering do hobbyists use to make stone jewelry?
Ice wedging.
Erosion.
Biological weathering.
Rock abrasion. 30

12. The variable that is allowed to change in an experiment is called?
The hypothesis
The controlled variable
An inference
The independent variable 30

13. Water can cause physical weathering by …
Causing rust to form.
Dissolving limestone.
Ice wedging
Encouraging lichen growth. 30

14. Dissolved gases in the atmosphere can mix with water to produce…
Carbonic acid.
Rock abrasion.
Deposition.
Breakwaters. 30

15. Which of the following rocks would be least affected by chemical weathering?
Marble
Chalk
Granite
Limestone 30

16. The main feature of geologic maps is that they show…
The slope of the land surface.
The chemistry of the soil.
The types of plants on the surface.
The ages and types of rocks at the surface. 30

17. A rock differs from a mineral in that …
A rock is like a mixture and a mineral is like an ingredient.
A rock is like an ingredient and a mineral is like a mixture.
A rock can be formed under extreme heat and pressure, but a mineral cannot
A rock can be formed by cooling and crystallization, but a mineral cannot. 30

18. Which of the following forms from the melting of rocks?
Sediment.
Magma
Crystal
Erosion 30

19. Where would you expect a delta to form?
At the meeting of two rivers
In heavily flooded areas.
At the bend of a river.
At the meeting of a river and ocean 30

20. What is the elevation of the south end of the Keech Landing Strip?
1000 feet
1050 feet
1068 feet
1070 feet 30

21. Where is the slope of the land the steepest on the map?
The region in the northwest corner of the map.
At the Keech Landing Strip.
Along Upper Creek Road in the east central part of the map.
The region in the southeast corner of the map. 30

22. How long is the Keech Landing Strip?
About 0.3 km
About 0.5 km
About 0.7 km
About 0.8 km 30

23. Speckled intrusive igneous rock.
Basalt
Breakwater
Granite
Jetty
Marble 30

24. Coarse, granular sedimentary rock
Basalt
Marble
Moraine
Sandstone
Sediment load 30

25. Metamorphosed limestone
Basalt
Granite
Jetty
Marble
Shale 30

26. Mound of sediment deposited at the terminus of a glacier.
Breakwater
Jetty
Marble
Moraine
Spit 30

27. Narrow body of sand that projects from the shore into water.
Breakwater
Jetty
Moraine
Sediment load
Spit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30

28. Material carried by a river.
Basalt
Granite
Moraine
Sediment load
Shale 30

29. Structure built to protect the shoreline from storms and waves.
Basalt
Breakwater
3. Jetty
4. Moraine
5. Sediment load 30