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WorksheetsErosion & Deposition!
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
wide sloping deposit of sediment
a)
flood plain
b)
delta
c)
meander
d)
alluvial fan
2.
Which river would cause the most erosion? -Gradient (slope) -Discharge (amount of water)
a)
Low gradient, high discharge,
b)
High gradient, low discharge
c)
High gradient, high discharge
d)
Low gradient, low discharge
3.
The major source of erosion is _________.
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
moving water
d)
snow
4.
v-shaped valleys can be made by rivers.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
formed from deposits at a river meeting an ocean or lake
a)
flood plain
b)
delta
c)
meander
d)
alluvial fan
6.
what kind of gravity erosion is this?
a)
waterslide
b)
landslide
c)
rockslide
d)
gray stuff
7.
Deposits of sediment that run along the shore are...
a)
Waves
b)
Springs
c)
Beaches
d)
Hard to clean up
8.
wind erosion forms what type of landform?
a)
meander
b)
drumlin
c)
sand dune
d)
sand bar
9.
glacial erosion causes ______ as it moves across the land?
a)
plucking and striations
b)
beaches and sand bars
c)
sea caves and headlands
d)
sand dunes and losses
10.
what type of erosion causes landslides
a)
wind
b)
waves
c)
water
d)
gravity
11.
what process causes sediments to move and "takes" the sediment to a new location
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
12.
True or False? Continental glaciers cover most of a continent
a)
True
b)
False
13.
True or False? Valley glaciers are long and narrow?
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?
a)
alpine
b)
continental
c)
til
d)
moraine
15.
Land forms made from glacial till
a)
Till
b)
Drift
c)
Moraine
d)
Terminal Moraine
16.
Breakdown of rock is called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Precipitation
17.
The removal of weathered material from one location to another is a destructive process called___________?
a)
Rounding
b)
Deposition
c)
Erosion
d)
Weathering
18.
The laying down or settling of eroded material is a constructive process called_______?
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
19.
As water or wind slows down, it has less______ and holds less sediment.
a)
sediment
b)
energy
c)
power
d)
light
20.
Which type of land suffers the least from wind erosion?
a)
desert
b)
forest
c)
beach
d)
plowed fields
21.
How does wind abrasion work?
a)
Sediment is blown off a surface from wind.
b)
Wind-blown sediment strikes a surface.
c)
Wind blows large chunks of rock off a surface.
d)
Sediment falls off of a surface on its own.
22.
Most dunes _________.
a)
stay perfectly still
b)
are pushed out of the land by volcanic forces
c)
move across the land
d)
are made of gravel
23.
When wind blows over the land, it picks up the smallest particles of sediment.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Loess helps to form fertile soil.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Plant roots do help to anchor sand dunes in one place.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The weaker the wind, the larger the particles that it can pick up.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Plants prevent soil erosion by-
a)
holding dirt in place with their roots
b)
providing food for herbivores
c)
the process of photosynthesis
d)
releasing water into the atmosphere through transpiration
28.
what is a slump?
a)
When you slouch or have an arch in your back.
b)
mass wasting that occurs when loose materials or rock layers move down a slope
c)
When rocks slide down a hill
d)
Why cows don't eat hay
29.
what happens during a creep?
a)
a slow movement of particles down hill that happens to every hill covered with weathered material
b)
a guy that stalks you
c)
a movement against the government
30.
How does a landslide start?
a)
why cows have four hearts and chambers
b)
when soil happens to have rocks in it
c)
a type of fat or overweight cat
d)
when the soil under the topsoil collapses
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