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Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
2.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
3.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
4.
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
5.
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
6.
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
7.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
8.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
9.
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
10.
Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth’s surface
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
11.
Agents of weathering
a)
living things, water, wind, ice, and heat
b)
formed from the remains of once-living things
12.
Large flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land.
a)
Plateau
b)
Valley
c)
Hill
13.
Land formation that is flat on top with steep walls. Usually in a dry area
a)
Hill
b)
Plateau
c)
Mesa
14.
Flat land with only small changes in elevation.
a)
Valley
b)
Plateau
c)
Plain
15.
Large body of water surrounded by land on all sides.
a)
Sea
b)
River
c)
Lake
16.
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
a)
Tributary
b)
Peninsula
c)
Island
17.
A piece of land surrounded by water.
a)
Island
b)
Peninsula
c)
Gulf
18.
A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.
a)
Islands
b)
Peninsula
c)
Archipelago
19.
What is the way wind or water wears away the land?
a)
erosion
b)
region
c)
environment
d)
landform
20.
What is a shape or feature on the Earth's surface?
a)
landform
b)
geography
c)
natural resources
d)
environment
21.
What is this landform?
a)
mountain
b)
canyon
c)
coast
d)
cliff
22.
What is this landform?
a)
lake
b)
peninsula
c)
hills
d)
mountain
23.
What is this landform?
a)
valley
b)
hills
c)
river
d)
lake
24.
A group of mountains together is called a(n)
a)
Mountain group
b)
Foothill
c)
Mountain Range
d)
Mount Everest
25.
a)
A. Desert
b)
B. Lake
c)
C. Plains
d)
D. River
26.
a)
A. Deserts
b)
B. Hills
c)
C. Mountains
d)
D. Lake
27.
a)
A. Ocean
b)
B. Hills
c)
C. Plains
d)
D. Canyon
28.
a)
A. Hills
b)
B. River
c)
C. Desert
d)
D. Mountains
29.
What is weathering?
a)
A type of climate
b)
A transport of sediment
c)
The breakdown of rock
d)
The aging of rock
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