Unit 1: Earth's Changing Features Assessment

What causes mountains to rise, or get taller?

• Convergent Plates on Earth's crust

• Divergent Plates on Earth's crust

• Lateral Slipping Plates on Earth's crust

A landform that forms at the mouth of a river where it meets the ocean.

• delta

• mountain

• lake

What is weathering?

• a force pulling a piece of rock downhill

• the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces at, or near the Earth's surface

• the picking up and moving of rock pieces from one place to another

When a glacier moves boulders over the land, this is an example of

• erosion

• weathering

• eruption

Deposition is a process that

• breaks down rock.

• builds mountains.

• drops rock particles in a new place.

6) How are earthquakes and volcanoes alike?

• They are both constructive and destructive processes.

• They are only constructive processes.

• They are only destructive processes.

How are dams and levees alike?

• Both control flooding.

• Both are natural barriers.

• Both control weathering.

Which landform is created by sand?

• dunes

• moraine

• floodplain

Which is an example of ice wedging?

• Ice melts into water.

• The water washes the soil down the hill.

• The water freezes and expands and the plastic bottle breaks.

Small pieces of rock and sand that are moved by erosion are called?

• eruption

• sediment

• delta