Science Unit Test

What is the term used to describe the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces?

• Erosion

• Tornado

• Weathering

• Delta

What is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm called?

• Erosion

• Tornado

• Delta

• Transform Plate

What term describes the movement of weathered material from one place to another?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Destructive Process

• Transform Plate

Which term refers to a landform that forms at the mouth of a river when sediment is deposited?

• Tornado

• Delta

• Transform Plate

• Destructive Process

What happens when two tectonic plates slide against each other?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Transform Plate Process

• Delta

What is a process that destroys or tears down existing land formations?

• Transform Plate Process

• Delta

• Destructive Process

• Tornado

What is a force that is created when the bedrock consists of limestone or gypsum and is dissolved by rain water?

• Deposition

• Sinkhole

• Constructive Process

• Divergent Plates

What type of landform is created by a river slowly being weathered and eroded over a long time?

• Deposition

• Sinkhole

• Constructive Process

• Canyon

What is the term for a force that breaks apart rock by the repeated freeze-thaw cycle of water?

• Deposition

• Sinkhole

• Constructive Process

• Ice Wedging

What is the process called that builds up or creates a new formation of land?

• Deposition

• Sinkhole

• Constructive Process

• Divergent Plates