SYSTEMS PLUS COLLEGE FOUNDATION

Basic Education Department

A.Y. 2017 – 2018

EARTH SCIENCE
QUIZ 1: Exogenic Processes

Name: ________________________________________ Date: ____________________ Score: _______

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Strand: _________ Mr. Crisanto A. Miclat, Jr.

I. Multiple Choices. Read each question carefully and write the letter on the line which corresponds
to the correct answer.

_____1. It is responsible for the formation of flood plain.

a. weathering b. mass wasting c. erosion d. deposition

_____2. It is responsible for the formation of subterranean caves.

a. mass wasting b. erosion c. deposition d. weathering

_____3. It causes landslides and lahars.

a. erosion b. deposition c. weathering d. mass wasting

_____4. It refers to the breaking of large rocks into smaller fragments.

a. deposition b. weathering c. mass wasting d. erosion

_____5. It occurs when rocks are dislodged and made a free fall.
a. weathering b. mass wasting c. erosion d. deposition

_____6. It refers to the transfer of weathered material to different places.

a. mass wasting b. erosion c. deposition d. weathering

_____7. It is the process where carbon dioxide dissolved in water reacts with carbonated rocks.
a. erosion b. deposition c. weathering d. mass wasting

_____8. It is influenced by gravity, as the main driving force.

a. deposition b. weathering c. mass wasting d. erosion

_____9. It is an aggregation process.

a. weathering b. mass wasting c. erosion d. deposition

_____10. It is responsible for the formation of sand dunes.

a. mass wasting b. erosion c. deposition d. weathering

_____11. It decomposes rocks through chemical change.

a. mechanical weathering b. chemical weathering c. landslides d. flows

_____12. It results to freeze-thaw cycle.

a. unloading b. thermal stress b. frost wedging d. oxidation

_____13. It occurs when a piece of rock or mass of rocks become dislodged and makes free-fall along a
steep cliff.
a. landslides b. flows c. hydrolysis d. rock falls

_____14. It is when raindrops cause tiny particles of soil to be detached and to move out.
a. sheet erosion b. gully erosion c. bank erosion d. splash erosion
_____15. It is when particles move from the surface to the medium in quick repeated cycles. The repeated
cycle has enough force to detach new particles.
a. suspension b. traction c. solution d. saltation

II. Critical Thinking (5 points)

What activities have you done that may have enhanced the degradation of Earth's surface? Explain your
answer.

BONUS QUESTION (2 points)

What is my middle name?

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