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Name ___________________________ Date ___________________ Class ____________ Section 2: Forces Shaping Earth Earth’s Physical Geography Section Quiz A. Key Terms Directions: Read each statement below. If a statement is true, write T in the blank provided. If it is false, write F. On another sheet of paper, rewrite false statements to make them true. _____ 1. The very hot metal at the center of Earth is in the shape of a cylinder. _____ 2. Earth’s mantle is thinner than Earth’s crust. _____ 3. Magma is soft, nearly molten rock. _____ 4. Earth’s crust is made up of one unbroken piece, or plate. _____ 5. The breaking down of rocks by construction equipment is called weathering. B. Main Ideas Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer in each blank. _____ 6. The atmosphere surrounding Earth provides oxygen for a. the core. c. people and animals. b. magma. d. the mantle. _____ 7. What is a landform that usually rises more than 2,000 feet (610 meters) above sea level? a. a plateau c. a mountain b. a hill d. a valley _____ 8. Continents move by a. water eroding the rocks. b. conveyor-like belts of magma dragging plates and continents. c. Ring of Fire activity. d. wind shifting the crust. _____ 9. Two hundred fifty million years ago, all the land on Earth was a. underwater. c. covered with forests. b. part of one huge d. part of the Ring of Fire. landmass. _____ 10. Weathering and erosion break down rocks and slowly create a. oxygen for plants. c. tectonic plates. b. Earth’s poles. d. new landforms. © Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 112