Unit Test Answers

The image shows a topographic map.

Which action would best help prevent groundwater erosion?

How do oxbow lakes form?

Which two processes are destructive forces that occur during sedimentary rock formation?

Which example is most likely made from both metals and gemstones?

Which characteristic is used to classify metamorphic rocks as foliated or non-foliated?

A loose pile of rocks and soil travels in a single large mass. The mass moves a short distance downhill.Which mass movement does this describe?

Which event can cause slumps, landslides, and mudflows to occur?

Which sedimentary rock is burned to produce energy?

The image shows rock layers and magma under Earth's surface.

Which information does a compass rose provide on a map?

Which is one source of the sediments that form sedimentary rocks?

What is the relationship between the rate at which molten material cools and a mineral's crystals?

Which is one of the main categories of sedimentary rocks?

A small, jagged particle with a density of 1.2 g/cm3 deposits on the ground before a large, round particle with a density of 0.82 g/cm3.Which most likely influences the rate of deposition of the jagged particle?