Unit 3 Test Review Rocks/Minerals

Inappropriate land use, such as removing vegetation from hillsides and plowing fields parallel to a hillside, may contribute to which of the following?

• Increase in erosion

• Decrease in erosion

• Increase in weathering of the landscape

• Decrease in water runoff

Which of the following describes how a metamorphic rock forms?

• Magma from a volcano

• Lava from a volcano

• Compaction and cementation

• Heat/Pressure

Which of the following colors of soil is the best for a wildlife habitat?

• red

• black

• green

• brown

Which of the following is the most significant agent of erosion?

• wind

• beavers

• water

• giraffes

How is mechanical weathering best described?

• the buildup of rock formations over time the breakdown of rock

• through decomposition of chemicals the breakdown of rock

• through mechanical disintegration and physical stress

• the buildup of chemical deposits on the surface

What is formed by weathering, erosion, and deposition?

• grasslands

• tidal flats

• sand dunes

• marshlands

Which of the following places is an area where sediments may be deposited?

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• river delta

• arctic tundra

Sedimentary rocks are changed to metamorphic rocks through subduction and __________.

• gravity

• pass interference

• volcanism

• temperature

Which of the following is not an external force that acts on rocks in the rock cycle?

• water

• ice

• pressure

• wind

In which environment might you expect a deposit of rock salt or rock gypsum to have formed?

• volcanic crater

• rain forest

• shallow sea

• alpine tundra