Chapter 9 " study guide" quiz

What is the place where land and a body of water meet?

• delta
• shoreline
• groundwater
• alluvial fan

What force is responsible for erosion and deposition in landslides?

• gravity
• ice
• wind
• temperature

How does a glacier form?

• It must be below freezing & more snow melts than falls
• It must be mild and lots of precipitation
• It must be cold, more snow fall than melts
• It must freeze and be dry

What is a type of mass movement by gravity?

• dune
• loess
• glacier
• mudslide

What is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?

• Wind
• Water
• Gravity
• Ice

What triggers mudslides?

• ice
• rain
• wind
• temperature

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition