WorksheetsErosion Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The _____________ deposits layered sediments from meltwater at the end of a melting glacier.
a)
till
b)
outwash
c)
dune
d)
moraine
2.
A moving glacier gets larger when water at its base freezes and picks up pieces of rock and sand through a process called __________________.
a)
plucking
b)
abrasion
c)
deflation
d)
tweezing
3.
When a glacier retreats, it leaves behind a jumble of boulders and different sized sediments called ___________.
a)
outwash
b)
dune
c)
moraine
d)
till
4.
Wind acts like a sandblasting machine in a process called __________________, in which blowing sand grains scrape and wear away the surface of rocks.
a)
deflation
b)
abrasion
c)
loess
d)
plucking
5.
When wind erodes by __________________, it blows across loose sediment and removes small particles like silt and sand, but leaves heavier sediment behind.
a)
plucking
b)
abrasion
c)
deflation
d)
loess
6.
The fan-shaped _____________ at the mouth of the Mississippi River was caused by excess deposition.
a)
erosion
b)
breakwater
c)
delta
d)
jetty
7.
An ocean current that moves parallel to the shore; causing waves to hit beach at an angle and move sand across face of the beach is called a ________________________.
a)
high tide
b)
side shore current
c)
breakwater
d)
long shore current
8.
If we dig up sand & move it to another location to protect a beach; this is a form of deposition called _________________.
a)
dredging
b)
dumping
c)
slumping
d)
weathering
9.
The rock ____________ was built in the water, perpendicular to the shore of Jekyll Island in an effort to help prevent deposition.
a)
erosion
b)
delta
c)
breakwater
d)
jetty
10.
The ________________ is a rock structure that was built parallel to the shore of Tybee Island to help slow down erosion & slow the energy from strong waves.
a)
jetty
b)
breakwater
c)
erosion
d)
delta
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