Earth Science Review

Which feature forms from wind deposition?

• flood plains
• sand dunes
• deltas
• moraines

Volcanoes and earthquakes are both _______________ and ______________ processes because they can destroy AND build up the Earth.

• divergent and destructive
• constructive and destructive
• convergent and divergent
• sediment and weathering

Deposition is a process that ______________.

• Dissolves sediment
• Removes sediment from landforms
• breaks down rock to form sediment
• drops sediment to form landforms

Where do deltas form?

• in desert areas
• on the banks of rivers
• at river mouths
• in valleys formed by glaciers

What is weathering?

• the break down of rock
• the transport of sediment
• a type of climate
• the aging of rock

Which type of rock is formed by weathering and erosion, then compaction and cementation?

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock

Which of the following is an agent of erosion?

• moving water
• glaciers
• wind
• all of the choices

Changes in landforms can be slow or fast.  Which is an example of a slow change?

• Landslide
• Earthquake
• Volcanic eruption
• Weathering

Which force in nature causes the sand dunes in a desert to change?

• earthquakes
• wind storms
• hurricanes
• lightning

When something freezes then thaws, which one of these things could happen?

• rivers freeze then flood
• plate movement causes earthquakes
• volcanoes freeze and never erupt
• water could freeze in cracks of rocks and split them