WorksheetsChapter 3 Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is a structure created mostly by deposition?
a)
cirque
b)
hoodoo
c)
sandbar
d)
slump
2.
Which is typically a low-energy depositional environment?
a)
a fast-moving river
b)
an ocean shore with waves
c)
a stream with meanders
d)
a swamp with decaying trees
3.
Which would most likely produce a moraine?
a)
a glacier
b)
an ocean
c)
a river
d)
the wind
4.
What is the main difference between slump and creep?
a)
the type of land that is affected
b)
the place where they occur
c)
the speed at which they occur
d)
the amount of rain that causes them
5.
Which best describes the difference between a dune and loess?
a)
they are produced in different places
b)
one is erosion, and the other is deposition
c)
they are deposits of different-sized particles
d)
one is caused by wind, and the other is caused by water
6.
Where would you most likely find a meander?
a)
in a cave
b)
in a mature stream
c)
under a glacier
d)
beside a waterfall
7.
Which is built to prevent beach erosion?
a)
delta
b)
groin
c)
levee
d)
sandbar
8.
Which landform is created by deposition?
a)
alluvial fan
b)
glacial valley
c)
mountain range
d)
river channel
9.
Which causes movement in mass wasting?
a)
gravity
b)
ice
c)
magnetism
d)
wind
10.
Which typically is NOT a depositional environment?
a)
delta
b)
mountain peak
c)
ocean floor
d)
swamp
11.
Which agent of erosion can create a limestone cave?
a)
acidic water
b)
freezing and melting ice
c)
growing plant roots
d)
gusty wind
12.
Which deposit does mass wasting create?
a)
loess
b)
outwash
c)
talus
d)
till
13.
Which is true of a longshore current?
a)
it ALWAYS flows perpendicular to the shoreline
b)
it can form large underground caves
c)
it continually changes the size and shape of beaches
d)
it creates stretches of sand dunes along the beach
14.
Which geological process is often caused by the growth of plant roots?
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
sorting
d)
weathering
15.
If Earth's glaciers were to melt, what would be the most likely effect in Florida?
a)
coastal flooding
b)
till deposition
c)
increased acid rain
d)
river flooding
16.
What landform would you NOT expect to find in Florida?
a)
dunes
b)
deltas
c)
kettle lakes
d)
river meanders
17.
A large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water.
a)
dune
b)
loess
c)
meander
d)
chemical weathering
18.
a C-shaped curve in a stream.
a)
delta
b)
dune
c)
meander
d)
loess
19.
a pile of windblown sand
a)
loess
b)
chemical weathering
c)
delta
d)
dune
20.
a crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay.
a)
loess
b)
chemical weathering
c)
delta
d)
none of the above
21.
changes the composition of rock.
a)
meander
b)
dune
c)
loess
d)
chemical weathering
22.
a pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall.
a)
till
b)
stalactite
c)
alluvial fan
d)
talus
23.
a mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier.
a)
outwash
b)
till
c)
alluvial fan
d)
talus
24.
an apron of sediment formed where a stream flows from a steep, narrow canyon onto a plain.
a)
alluvial fan
b)
stalactite
c)
outwash
d)
till
25.
formed by mineral deposits in caves.
a)
stalactite
b)
till
c)
talus
d)
outwash
26.
the sediment deposited by streams that flow from a melting glacier.
a)
talus
b)
outwash
c)
till
d)
none of the above
27.
Which type of landform is created by deposition?
a)
a valley
b)
a glacier
c)
a sandbar
28.
Which type of erosion forms limestone caves?
a)
wind erosion
b)
stream erosion
c)
groundwater erosion
29.
Mass wasting is the movement of rocks and soil due to
a)
ice
b)
wind
c)
gravity
30.
Which factor is NOT an agent of erosion?
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
plants
d)
gravity
31.
Which change in a stream causes deposition?
a)
a loss of sediment
b)
a decrease in speed
c)
an increase in slope
d)
a gain in temp.
32.
________ is a form of mass wasting.
a)
loess
b)
creep
c)
sorting
d)
outwash
33.
A steep slope is more likely to experience mass wasting than a gentle slope.
a)
true
b)
false
34.
Deposition can occur where wind or running water slows down
a)
true
b)
false
35.
Erosion moves weathered rock from one place to another.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Removing vegetation from a slope decreases erosion.
a)
True
b)
False
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