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WorksheetsUnit 3: Changes in Lithosphere
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which agent of erosion leads to the formation of sand dunes?
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Ice
d)
Gravity
2.
How can water be an agent for physical weathering?
a)
by absorbing gases from the atmosphere and ground to chemically react with minerals
b)
by seeping into the soil and dissolving the minerals in rocks
c)
by absorbing sulfur oxides and creating acid precipitation
d)
by seeping into the cracks of rocks and freezing
3.
Which is most likely a prevention strategy for flooding?
a)
building artificial levees
b)
reducing water consumption
c)
recycling bottled-water containers
4.
Which of these is an example of erosion?
a)
Water sitting on a lake
b)
rain breaking down a rock
c)
light shining on a mountain
d)
wind blowing away sediment
5.
Which is formed when a section of impermeable rock forces groundwater to move laterally and emerge onto the surface of Earth?
a)
spring
b)
an aquifer
c)
geyser
d)
well
6.
Cracks in rocks widen as water in them freezes and thaws. How does this affect the surface of the Earth?
a)
It reduces the rates of soil formation
b)
It changes the chemical composition of the rocks.
c)
It exposes rocks to increased rates of erosion and weathering.
d)
It limits the exposure of rocks to acid precipitation.
7.
What is most responsible for the presence of groundwater in an area?
a)
The movement of water from a confined aquifer into surface water
b)
The movement of surface water and precipitation through soil and rock
c)
the movement of water from streams and rivers to watersheds
d)
the movement of surface water through impermeable rock
8.
Which is the most common contamination source for freshwater resources?
a)
runoff
b)
digging wells
c)
melting
d)
lightning
9.
What features are created when rivers enter the ocean?
a)
Alluvial Fans
b)
Deltas
c)
Tributaries
d)
Drainage Basin
10.
What is alluvium
a)
any stream-deposited sediment
b)
bed load sediment
c)
dissolved sediment
d)
suspended sediment
11.
What is an aquifer?
a)
A geyser
b)
A high discharge spring
c)
A reservoir of ground water
d)
An impermeable rock type
12.
Any moisture falling from the atmosphere is known as what?
a)
transpiration
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
precipitation
13.
What happened to most of the material removed from the mountain?
a)
The material weathered to form new sediments.
b)
The material was absorbed by plant roots.
c)
The material disintegrated from exposure to sunlight
d)
The material was destroyed by chemical reactions.
14.
Weathering and erosion help to shape the surface of Earth. Which best represents an example of weathering?
a)
Flowing water transports rocks to the ocean.
b)
Pieces of rock pile on top of each other in layers.
c)
Wind and rain break large rocks into smaller pieces.
d)
Wind blows small pieces of rock from one area to another.
15.
Which of the following processes changes Earth's surface?
a)
erosion only
b)
deposition only
c)
both erosion and deposition
d)
neither erosion nor deposition
16.
How are trees agents of mechanical weathering?
a)
Growing tree roots physically break apart rock.
b)
Tree roots secrete acids that react with minerals in rock
c)
Trees break down into organic matter that forms an important part of soil
d)
all of the above
17.
Which is an example of condensation?
a)
12 inches of snow fall on December 12th
b)
On a hot day, water on the sidewalk quickly disappears.
c)
During a hurricane, 3 inches of rain fall in an hour.
d)
A layer of water appears on the outside of a cup of ice water soon after it was poured.
18.
What is transpiration?
a)
The process plants use to make food.
b)
The process plants use to move their seeds.
c)
The process plants use to release extra water into the air.
d)
The process people use to move plants from place to place.
19.
Water soaks into the ground through a process known as
a)
infiltration
b)
transpiration
c)
evaporation
d)
equilibrium
20.
The water table is the
a)
top of the zone of saturation
b)
bottom of the zone of saturation
c)
top of the zone of aeration
d)
zone of infiltration
21.
Permeability is
a)
the amount of pore space in a rock or soil
b)
the ease with which water moves through an earth material
c)
determined only by grain size of an earth material
d)
the ease with which the volume of soil is decreased by compaction
22.
How does a stream channel become deeper and wider?
a)
Sediment is removed by moving water
b)
Gravity pulls the stream channel downward.
c)
Sediment is moved out by humans.
d)
The force of the water forces the edges outward.
23.
Which is the most common contamination source for freshwater resources?
a)
runoff
b)
digging wells
c)
melting of glaciers
d)
lightning
24.
How could the removal of trees and other vegetation impact an environment?
a)
by increasing oxygen production
b)
by increasing soil formation
c)
by increasing transpiration
d)
by increasing erosion
25.
Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion?
a)
gravity
b)
water dissolving
c)
wind
d)
glacier
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