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WorksheetsConstructive/Destructive Landforms and Processes
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Are Coastlines Constructive, Destructive, or Both?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Both
d)
None
2.
Are Rivers/Streams Constructive, Destructive, or Both?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Both
d)
None
3.
Are Glaciers Constructive, Destructive, or Both?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Both
d)
None
4.
Are Deserts Constructive, Destructive, or Both?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Both
d)
None
5.
Is subduction more constructive, destructive, or both?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Both
d)
None
6.
Is sea floor more spreading constructive, destructive, or both?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Both
d)
None
7.
Is flooding constructive, destructive, or both?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Both
d)
None
8.
What does lava do out of hot spots?
a)
Harden into tiny pieces
b)
Melt
c)
Build up
d)
Fall to the bottom of the ocean
9.
What kind of crust does hot spots appear on?
a)
Continental
b)
Oceanic
c)
None
d)
Both continental and oceanic
10.
What do floods do to make them constructive?
a)
Carries sediment
b)
Adds sediment to a new place
c)
Breaks sediment down
d)
Carries water
11.
What do floods do to make them destructive?
a)
Removes sediment from its location
b)
Adds materials to a new place
c)
Carries rock
d)
Carries water
12.
What do deserts do to make them destructive?
a)
Removes sand from its location
b)
Adds sand to a new place
c)
Breaks rocks down
d)
Carries sand across it
13.
What do deserts do to make them constructive?
a)
Removes sand from its location
b)
Adds sand to a new place
c)
Breaks rocks down
d)
Carries sand across it
14.
What usually moves sand in deserts?
a)
Snow
b)
Rain
c)
Wind
d)
Storms
15.
What do glaciers do to make them constructive?
a)
Removes sediment from its location
b)
Adds sediment to a new place where it melts
c)
Breaks ice down
d)
Carries sediment down a stream
16.
What do glaciers do to make them destructive?
a)
Removes sediment from its location
b)
Adds sediment to a new place
c)
Freezes rock
d)
Carries sediment down a stream
17.
What does subduction do to make it destructive?
a)
Destroys the plant life above it
b)
It doesn't, it is only constructive
c)
Creates new sea floor
d)
Melts the plate that goes underneath
18.
What does sea floor spreading do to make it constructive?
a)
Builds up lava to make volcanoes
b)
It doesn't, it is only destructive
c)
Creates new sea floor
d)
Melts the plate that goes underneath
19.
What do coastlines do to make them destructive?
a)
Wash away sediment from the coast
b)
Carry in sediment along the coast
c)
Break rocks down
d)
Carries sediment down a stream
20.
What do coastlines do to make them constructive?
a)
Wash away sediment along the coast
b)
Carry in sediment along the coast
c)
Break rocks down
d)
Carries sediment down a stream
21.
What do rivers and streams do to make them destructive?
a)
Breaks down rocks and carry them away
b)
Carry in sediment along the sides and bottom
c)
Constantly makes the streams wider
d)
Carries sediment down a stream
22.
What do rivers and streams do to make them constructive?
a)
Breaks down rocks and carry them away
b)
Carry in sediment along the sides and bottom
c)
Constantly makes the streams wider
d)
Carries sediment down a stream
23.
What usually moves sediment along the coast?
a)
Waves
b)
Rain
c)
Wind
d)
Storms
24.
What kind of waves have to do with destructive and constructive processes?
a)
The big waves bring in new sediment and the small waves wash away sediment
b)
The small waves bring in new sediment and the big waves wash away sediment
c)
The waves don't do anything
d)
All waves move the sediment
25.
Is deposition mostly a constructive or destructive process?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
26.
Is erosion mostly a constructive or destructive process?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
27.
Is weathering mostly a constructive or destructive process?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
28.
What is making more beaches erode?
a)
The wildlife
b)
Climate change (melting glaciers)
c)
Gravity
d)
Sand breaking down
29.
What does LANDSAT and remote sensing tell you about geological processes?
a)
Detailed images about landforms over time
b)
Detailed images of other planets over time
c)
Images of the plate tectonics
d)
Images of the Earth's movement
30.
What kind of map shows you the height and shape of a mountain?
a)
topographic
b)
road
c)
aerial
d)
physical
31.
What kind of map shows elevation through different colors?
a)
topographic
b)
road
c)
aerial
d)
physical
32.
What kind of map shows your house and a trampoline?
a)
topographic
b)
road
c)
aerial
d)
physical
33.
True or false? Weathering causes erosion.
a)
True
b)
False. Erosion causes weathering
34.
What effect does the hydrosphere have on the lithosphere?
a)
Water only erodes the lithosphere
b)
Water erodes and deposits parts of the lithosphere
c)
Water covers up the lithosphere
d)
Water only deposits sediment on the lithosphere
35.
How do you show steepness with contour lines?
a)
They are close together
b)
They are far apart
c)
They are straight
d)
They are zig zag
36.
What do contour lines show?
a)
Landforms
b)
Elevation
c)
Different types of soil
d)
Water
37.
What are the geological processes that cause weathering and erosion?
a)
Ice, gravity, water
b)
Water, gravity
c)
WInd, water, gravity
d)
Wind, Ice, Water, Gravity
38.
What is the discharge rate in the following situation? A river is flowing at a rate of 4 miles per hour. The area of the river is 8 square miles long. The river contains 4 fish that swim backwords, and 4 that swim forward.
a)
4 miles cubed per hour
b)
32 miles cubed per hour
c)
2 miles cubed per hour
d)
12 miles cubed per hour
39.
Which mountain has a lower gradient?
a)
A
b)
B
40.
Which is this an example of? Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
None
41.
Which is this an example of? A mudslide flowing down a steep hill
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
None
42.
Which is this an example of? Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
None
43.
Which is this an example of? Soil being moved by a flood.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
None
44.
Which is this an example of?Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
None
45.
Which is this an example of? Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
None
46.
Which is this an example of? Rain washing soil down a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
None
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