Exploring Earth - ch. 6 final

_____ is the unsorted material (soil) that is deposited directly by a glacier

• Outwash

• Till

• Erratic

• delta

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What letter of the alphabet does a glacial valley most closely resemble?

• U
• V
• W
• X

The photograph shows scratched and grooved

bedrock with boulders on its surface. The scratches and grooves were most likely created when

• alternating thawing and freezing of water cracked the bedrock

• flooding from a nearby lake covered the bedrock

• a glacier dragged rocks over the bedrock

• rocks from a landslide slid along the bedrock

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The photograph shows a valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley's shape?

• blowing wind

• ocean waves

• moving ice

• running water

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The process by which natural forces move weathered rock & soil from one place to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• deposition
• wind only

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_____________happens where agents of erosion drop or lay down sediment.

• Weathering only
• erosion only 
• Deposition
• compaction only

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The slowest type of mass movement is called a _____________________ and occurs with a slow downhill movement of sediments and rocks.

• volcanic eruption

• creep

• landslide

• mudflow

This is a picture of a slow motion waste wasting events called __.

• sand dunes

• creeps

• mudflows

• landslides

Weathering is the  _____________ rock.

• bending
• moving
• melting
• breaking

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Which two locations have the greatest stream velocities?

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A

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