Science: Earth and Space - Quiz 10

Emma noticed that after a rainy day, water had seeped into the cracks of a large rock in her backyard. The next morning, the temperature dropped, and the water froze. What type of physical weathering is Emma observing?

• Ice wedging

• Chemical weathering

• Erosion

• Oxidation

Match the following

• tributary

• sediment deposit extending from the mouth of a river into the sea

• levee

• stream that feeds into a river

• delta

• triangular deposit formed by short-lived desert streams

• alluvial fan

• ridge formed when a river drops sediments along the edge of its channel

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Match the following

• rill

• narrow, shallow cut in the soil

• floodplain

• the level or nearly level land that borders a river and is covered by river water in flood time

• oxbow lake

• U-shaped lake near a river formed by movements of the river's channel

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During a geography class, Daniel and Luna learned about Height of Land Portage, a location on the U.S.-Canada border historically used to carry canoes overland between rivers flowing south to the Gulf of Mexico and rivers flowing north to Hudson Bay. What type of river-related feature passes through Height of Land Portage?

Liam and Ava were studying geography and came across a term for a sediment deposit extending from the mouth of a river into the sea. What is this formation called?

Emma and Kai were hiking along a stream that feeds into a river. What is this stream called?

During a geography field trip, Ava observed a ridge formed when a river drops sediments along the edge of its channel. What is this ridge called?

During a geography field trip, Aiden observed a triangular deposit formed by short-lived desert streams. What is this formation called?

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While exploring the garden, Aiden noticed a narrow, shallow cut in the soil.

While exploring the countryside, Liam and Anika came across a U-shaped lake near a river. They learned it was formed by movements of the river's channel. What is this type of lake called?

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