Chapter 4 Completion Quiz

During transport by this river, sediment particle will most likely become

• more rounded

• heavier

• more dense

• larger

Which statement best describes sediments deposited by rivers & glaciers

• Both are sorted

• glacier deposits are sorted, and river deposits are unsorted

• glacier deposits are unsorted, and river deposits are sorted

• both are unsorted

Which event is the best example of erosion

• breaking apart shale as a result of water freezing in cracks

• dissolving rock like, on limestone gravestone by acid rain

• rolling of a pebble along the bottom of a stream

• crumbling of bedrock in one area to form soil

Where agents of erosion, like water or wind, deposit or lay down sediment

• gravity

• deposition

• movement

• amount

Through ____, a river forms valleys, waterfalls, flood plains, meanders, and oxbow lakes.

• erosion

• weathering

• tsunami

• deposition

Creates landforms such as alluvial fans and deltas

• running water

• waves

• wind

• gravity

A loop like bend in the course of a river

• bow

• meander

• oxbow

• wander

Beach that forms like a finger out into the water as a result of deposition by longshore drift

• spit

• bar

• barrier island

• tombolo

Landform built up by sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

• delta

• alluvial fan

• lagoon

• sand bar

An area of wave-washed sediment along a coast

• shore

• tide

• beach

• longshore current