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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the movement of soil from one place to another?
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
discharge
d)
erosion
2.
How does a sinkhole form?
a)
Stalactites erode a ceiling of a cave
b)
Streams in mountains erode sediment
c)
Underground water forms a cave
d)
Stream erodes soil making it wider
3.
What is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Gravity
d)
Ice
4.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
5.
The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
6.
What is the process of transporting sediments from location to another?
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Compaction
7.
What is sediment?
a)
the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
b)
bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
c)
the top layer of the soil
d)
decaying plant or animal material
8.
What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
9.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
deposition
b)
landslide
c)
weathering
d)
erosion
10.
The process when soil or rock are left or placed in a new location.
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Mass movement
d)
Deposition
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