WED Practice

Which of these is not a result of deposition by water?

• Headlands

• Stalactite

• Flood plains

• Alluivial fan

River deposits its sediments when it reaches a flat area after a steep slope.

• Flood plain

• Alluvial fan

• Delta

• V-shape valley

Sediments that are deposited by glaciers

• Kettle lake

• Loess

• Moraine

• sand dunes

Deposits of sand created by wind

• Alluvial fan

• Sand dunes

• Till

• Erratic

Area on the sides of a river bank where the river deposits its sediment after a flood waters recede

• Flood plain

• Delta

• Alluvial fan

• Valley

When an ice chunk is left behind a glacier and surrounded by deposited sediment, it forms

• Mud slide

• Flood plain

• Delta

• Kettle lake

Agent (force) that can create a mass movement

• Glaciers

• Water

• Gravity

• Wind

Sink holes are caused by

• Deposition by groundwater

• Erosion by groundwater

• Deposition by ocean waves

• Erosion by ocean waves

Sandy beaches are caused by

• Deposition by groundwater

• Erosion by groundwater

• Deposition by ocean waves

• Erosion by ocean waves

Ocean waves erode headlands to create sea caves, and if the back wall is also eroded ...

• Sea arch

• Sea stack

• Cliff

• Sandy beaches