REVIEW-Topomaps and Satellite Images: Predicting Erosion

A satellite image of an area in Florida shows a river with slight bends along its length. A second satellite image taken of the same area 10 years later shows the same river with  a different course. What is the best explanation for the difference in the shape of the river's course between the two satellite images?

• Wind blew waves across the water surface, eroding away the bank on one side of the river until the river's course changed its shape
• Regular freezing and thawing of the river split the soil along the river banks, changing the shape of the river
• Water eroded the banks of the river and deposited the eroded soil on opposite banks, causing the river to form tighter bends
• Acid rain chemically weathered the banks along the river, forcing the river to wind back and forth

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This landform was probably caused by - 

• high tides.
• wind.
• human activity.
• running water.

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This is a meteor crater. Which of the following is a prediction of how the crater will change over the next 1,000 years?

• The crater will become more shallow as the sides erode into the center.

• The crater will become deeper as animals make the crater home and burrow deep into the rock.

• The crater will not change over 1,000 years.

• The crater will fill in with lava.

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Which of the following best describes how mountains change over time?

• The elevation of the peaks will decrease due to erosion.

• The elevation of the peaks will increase due to weathering.

• The elevation of the peaks will increase due to deposition.

• Mountains stay the same, they never change.

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This is a satellite image of the Houston Ship Channel. Which point on this image will experience the most erosion?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What is represented by this?

• mountain

• depression or sinkhole

• cave

• railroad central

What would be the most likely way this coastline would change over time?

• A fire could destroy the vegetation
• The waves could erode the beach
• The beach would grow due to deposition
• The beach will disappear due to plate tectonics

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Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers would be an example of...

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Preposition

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This image shows the coastline before and after a tsunami.  What forces changed the shape of the coastline?

• The wave deposited sand onto the beach.
• The beach was weathered and grew from erosion.
• The wave deposited sand on the beach first and then erosion broke up the land. 
• The tsunami wave weathered and eroded the beach and made the coastline smaller. 

What forces created this delta?

• Weathering from the ocean broke up the land.
• Deposition from a river extended the land.
• Erosion from the river removed some of the land around it.
• Weathering and erosion both removed some of the coastline.