Earth History Question Preview (ID: 60634)


8.E.2. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Magma is molten rock _________ the ground.
a) Above
b) Below
c)
d)

A process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Deposition
d) Heat and Pressure

Which of the following is not a rock type?
a) Physical
b) Metamorphic
c) Sedimentary
d) Igneous

This is how metamorphic rocks form.
a) Compaction and Cementation
b) Lava cools
c) Weathering, erosion, and deposition
d) Heat and pressure

What is an example of chemical weathering?
a) Trees roots break rocks apart
b) Acid rain seeps into the ground and dissolves limestone.
c) Gravity pulls rocks to the bottom of a mountain.
d) Rock pieces carried by river water wear away pieces of rock in the riverbed.

What does erosion do?
a) It changes rock chemically
b) It changes rock particles into rock
c) It breaks down rock physically
d) It moves pieces of rock.

To learn how earths atmosphere has changed over time, Scientist study air bubbles in which of the following.
a) Ice cores
b) Pollen
c) Rocks containing urainium
d) Fossils in sedimentary rocks

This is a relative dating method
a) Carbon - 14 Dating
b) Radiometric Dating
c) Law of Superposition
d) None of the above

Radioactive dating is used to find
a) Locations of rocks
b) Relative age of rock layers
c) Absolute age of rocks or fossils
d) Law of superposition

A timeline that organizes major events in Earths history.
a) Eras
b) Geologic Time Scale
c) Carbon dating
d) None of these

Preserved remains or evidence of an organism that lived in the past.
a) Igneous rock
b) Intrusion
c) Lava
d) Fossil

The rock cycle happens only during summer months.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The dropping off of sediment
a) Chemical Weathering
b) Mechanical Weathering
c) Erosion
d) Deposition

Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 60634 in the upper right hand corner or click here.

TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register

Help / Support / FAQ




Gaming Links