Landforms Practice Quiz

What is the major factor that affects the ability of a stream to erode land?

• The sediment deposits

• The stream's speed

• The deposits of slowing water

As the stream erodes the land, what features are likely to form in steep areas?

• V-shaped valleys and waterfalls; flood plain, oxbow lakes, and meanders

• Alluvial fans ad deltas from sediment

• A volcano

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Compare and contrast deltas and alluvial fans.

• Often contain rapids and waterfalls, the water in a mountain stream moves quickly because it is flowing down.

• As water flows down a hillside through fillies, the gullies flow together to form streams.

• Deltas and alluvial fans both form when a river slows down or ends, depositing sediment. However, deltas form in water and alluvial fans form on land.

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Which image represents erosion?

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How is a V-shaped Valley formed?

• By Fast-moving rivers

• By Glaciers

• By Gravity

• By Wind

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What landforms are created by glaciers?

• Barrier Islands and Beaches

• U-shaped valleys, Moraines and Kettles

• Continental and Valley

• Sea stack, sea cave, and sea arch

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Which mass movement happens over a long period of time?

• Mudflow

• Slump

• Lahar

• Creep

Which mass movement occur after heavy rainfall in usually dry areas?

• mudflow

• landslide

• lahar

• rock fall

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What mass movement is when rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope? It is the most destructive type.

• Slump

• Creep

• Mudflow

• Landslide

The material deposited directly by a glacier. It is deposited as the glacier melts and drops its load of rock debris.

• till

• stratified drift

• moraines

• alluvial fan

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