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WorksheetsEarth processes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 12mins
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1.
What process created this V-shaped valley?
a)
Erosion due to a river
b)
Erosion due to a glacier
c)
Weathering due to a river
d)
Weathering due to wind
2.
Where are volcanoes located?
a)
Only on land
b)
They can be found anywhere. They are randomly located
c)
In hot places
d)
Some places have volcanoes, other places don't. There is a pattern.
3.
What process created this cool rock?
a)
A volcanic eruption
b)
A flood
c)
Wind
d)
Water
4.
What is the major force of erosion along the coast?
a)
Sand
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Waves
d)
Rain
5.
The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
6.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water...
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
7.
The type of formation shown is at the southern end of the Mississippi river. What is it called?
a)
coastal erosion
b)
a delta
c)
a loess
d)
sand dunes
8.
Which of the following is NOT a slow change to Earth's surface?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
a landslide
9.
Most earthquakes occur near...
a)
state boundaries
b)
plate boundaries
c)
country boundaries
d)
rivers
10.
A mountain range is an example of which type of plate boundary movement?
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
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