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WorksheetsEarth's changing surface
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
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1.
A deep valley with steep walls that cut into the earth caused by erosion from running water.
a)
Valley
b)
Canyon
c)
Gulf
d)
River
2.
This picture shows a
a)
landform made by depositon
b)
landform made by glacier
c)
landform made by wind
d)
landform made by weathering
3.
This arch was made by ____ erosion
a)
plant
b)
ice
c)
wind
d)
people
4.
Deltas can be found when rivers ...
a)
move too slowly
b)
empty into the ocean
c)
move too quickly
d)
turn
5.
Deposition is the process by which eroded earth materials settle and build in a new place.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
How are canyons formed?
a)
When ice, wind and water carve rock out of the floor of a valley.
b)
When water melted snow on the floor of a valley.
c)
When a river dried up on the floor of a valley.
d)
When ice, wind, and water swept sand into the floor of a valley.
7.
Which of these landforms were made by deposition?
a)
River mouth
b)
Delta
c)
Valley
d)
Canyon
8.
How does a delta form?
a)
ocean waves deposit it on the beach
b)
it's just a river that empties into an ocean or lake
c)
the current of the river speeds up at the mouth causing sediment to wash away
d)
the current of the river slows down causing sediment to deposit
9.
What does weathering mean?
a)
to move
b)
to settle in a new spot
c)
to break apart
d)
to sit still
10.
What does erosion mean?
a)
to break apart
b)
to settle in new spot
c)
to move
d)
to sit still
11.
What does deposition mean?
a)
to settle in a new spot
b)
to break apart
c)
to sit still
d)
to move
12.
The following are agents of erosion EXCEPT...
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
ice
d)
fire
13.
How long is this fish fossil? On the ruler it starts at 11 cm and ends at 27 cm.
a)
11cm
b)
16cm
c)
27cm
d)
30cm
14.
Which of the following is NOT a step in the formation of coal?
a)
Plants died and were buried
b)
Animals died and were buried
c)
Time and pressure turned the dead organism into peat
d)
Time, heat and pressure turned the peat into lignite
15.
When scientist find large plant fossils in layers of sedimentary rocks they can make inferences about that area's environment in the past. The layer most likely formed in what type of environment?
a)
desert
b)
ocean
c)
forest
d)
tundra
16.
One of the first steps in the formation of a sedimentary rock is that other rocks must undergo...
a)
weathering, erosion, and deposition
b)
melting and cooling
c)
extreme heat and pressure
d)
compaction and cementation
17.
An archaeologist finds several of these two fossils in his dig site. These fossils would help support the hypothesis that the area was once a ____________.
a)
ocean
b)
desert
c)
creek
d)
tundra
18.
How do waves and wind change the coastline?
a)
Waves can erode rocky areas and deposit sediments on the beach.
b)
Waves can break against cliffs , eroding softer rocks, eventually forming sea caves or arches.
c)
Waves pull sediments from the beach and re-deposit the sediments in new locations.
d)
All of these answers are correct.
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