Chapter 6 Science Vocabulary Quiz

Chapter 6 Science Vocabulary Quiz

Multiple Choice

What is considered a large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water?

• delta

• dune

• outwash

• talus

Delta

Large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water.

Multiple Choice

What is considered the laying down or settling of eroded material?

• erosion

• abrasion

• deposition

• process

Deposition

Laying down or settling of eroded material.

Multiple Choice

The removal of weathered material from one location to another...

• deposition

• erosion

• abrasion

• meander

Erosion

Removal of weathered material from one location to another.

Multiple Choice

What is the ongoing event or a series of related events?

• loess

• moraine

• landslide

• process

Process

Ongoing event or a series of related events.

Multiple Choice

The grinding away of rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, waterm or ice scraped against them...

• abrasion

• deposition

• erosion

• till

Abrasion

Grinding away of rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, or ice scraped against them.

Multiple Choice

What is considered a pile of windblown sand?

• meander

• loess

• outwash

• dune

Dune

A pile of windblown sand.

Multiple Choice

What is the crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay?

• longshore current

• moraine

• loess

• dune

Loess

Crumbly, windblown, deposit of silt and clay.

Multiple Choice

What flows parallel to the shoreline?

• longshore current

• mass wasting

• outwash

• talus

Longshore Current

Flows parallel to the shoreline.

Multiple Choice

What do we call the broad, c-shaped curve in a stream?

• glacier

• meander

• till

• delta

Meander

Broad, c-shaped curve in a stream.

Multiple Choice

A large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across Earth's surface...

• landslide

• dune

• moraine

• glacier

Glacier

A large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across Earth's.

Multiple Choice

The rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders...

• loess

• meander

• outwash

• landslide

Landslide

Rapid downhill movement of sil, loose rocks, and boulders.

Multiple Choice

Downhill movement of a large mass of rocks and soil because of gravity...

• mass wasting

• moraine

• till

• landslide

Mass Wasting

Down hill movement of a large mass of rocks and soil because of gravity.

Multiple Choice

A mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier...

• till

• moraine

• talus

• loess

Moraine

Mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier.

Multiple Choice

Layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flowed from a melting glacier...

• till

• talus

• outwash

• glacier

Outwash

Layered sediment deposited by streams of water that lowed from a melting glacier.

Multiple Choice

What do you call a pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall?

• moraine

• talus

• loess

• delta

Talus

A pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall.

Multiple Choice

A mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier...

• moriane

• outwash

• till

• talus

Till

Mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier.