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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock and other material.
a)
Landslide
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Earthquake
2.
A vibration or shaking of the Earth's crust.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcanic Eruption
c)
Tectonic Plates
d)
Deposition
3.
A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake.
a)
Hurricane
b)
Tornado
c)
Tsumani ("Soo-Nah-Me")
d)
Flood
4.
Shapes of the earth’s surface
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
River
d)
Landform
5.
A naturally flowing body of, usually, freshwater; that flows into another body of water.
a)
Ocean
b)
River
c)
Lake
d)
Marsh
6.
A large, nearly level (flat) area that is elevated (higher than the ground around it)
a)
Plateau
b)
Mountain
c)
Hill
d)
Canyon
7.
The process by which earth materials settle in other places
a)
Erosion
b)
Tsunami
c)
Tectonic Plate
d)
Deposition
8.
a fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth
a)
River
b)
Delta
c)
Landslide
d)
Erosion
9.
a V shaped valley eroded by a river or stream
a)
Cliff
b)
Delta
c)
Canyon
d)
Mountain
10.
Any earth materials such as sand, silt, dirt, rock, etc that come from the earth.
a)
sediments
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
tectonic plate
11.
The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam, ash, and volcanic rock
a)
Landslide
b)
Erosion
c)
Tsunami
d)
Volcanic Eruption
12.
The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
a)
Tectonic Plate
b)
Landslide
c)
Earthquake
d)
Deposition
13.
The two sub-layers of the Earth's crust that float, move, and sometimes break or crack.
a)
Tectonic Plate
b)
Cliff
c)
Canyon
d)
Delta
14.
Erosion or Deposition:
Waves dropping sand on the beach
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
15.
Erosion or Deposition:
Muddy water carried away by a fast moving river.
Muddy water carried away by a fast moving river.
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
16.
Erosion or Deposition:
Rain washing away soil from a hillside.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside.
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
17.
Landforms called deltas that form where rivers flow into other bodies of water.
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
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