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Worksheets5th grade science - WED
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
What is weathering?
a)
The breaking down or disintegration of substances such as rocks and minerals.
b)
The movement of sediment or soil from one location to another by means of water, ice, or wind.
c)
When particles carried by water, ice, or wind are deposited (dropped) in another location.
2.
What is erosion?
a)
The breaking down or disintegration of substances such as rocks and minerals.
b)
The movement of soil from one location to another by means of water, ice, or wind.
c)
When particles carried by water, ice, or wind are deposited (dropped) in another location.
3.
What is deposition?
a)
The breaking down or disintegration of substances such as rocks and minerals.
b)
The movement of sediment or soil from one location to another by means of water, ice, or wind.
c)
When particles carried by water, ice, or wind are deposited (dropped) in another location.
4.
What is this an example of?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
5.
What is this an example of?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
6.
What is this an example of?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
7.
What is this an example of?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
8.
Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
9.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
10.
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
11.
Waves dropping sand on the the beach is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
12.
Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth's surface is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
13.
Rocks being made smooth by tumbling across a streambed is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
14.
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
15.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
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