Study Guide for Earth Science Test on Point
1.
Questions
Changes to Earth’s surface can happen slowly or quickly. Name
3 changes that happen slowly. Name 3 changes that happen
quickly.
Answers
Slowly: mountain eroding to a hill, river making
a delta, glacier making a canyon
Quickly: storm moving a sandbar, mudslide
moving a hill, tsunami moving land
A mountain
2.
Where does a landslide begin?
3.
What area does sand erode from first on a beach?
4.
Which 2 processes best describe how a sand dune forms?
Wind erosion then deposition
5.
If a plant grows in a rock, what will happen?
The rock will break into pieces
6.
Describe what a volcano looks like.
7.
Movement of sediment from one place to another is called
_________________________.
8.
Can seismic waves travel through surrounding states when an
earthquake occurs?
9.
What forces form a dune and a sandbar?
The beach near the waves
Shaped like a mountain with a vent at the top
that allows lava and heat to escape
erosion
Yes. Seismic waves can travel very far.
10. What feature is formed by a flowing river?
11. Deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river creates a
_______________________.
12. The Ring of Fire is known for
______________________________________.
Dune: wind
Sandbar: water
A canyon
delta
Volcanic mountain building
13. Which landform is at least 2000 feet higher than the land
around it?
mountain
14. When water dissolves minerals in a limestone cave, the minerals
collect on the ceiling and floor of the cave and form
________________________.
stalactites
15. How does a volcanic island form?
16. ______________________________ cause rock layers to move.
17. ________________________________causes a reduction in
beach sand.
18. Arches in the desert are formed by what force?
A volcano under the ocean slowly releases lava
over time and that lava cools and hardens.
Plate tectonics
erosion
Strong winds
Sediment fans out at the mouth of a river
19. Describe how a delta looks.
20. When waves crash on a beach it causes the sand to
_________________.
Wash away or erode