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Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 26mins
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1.
What is the process of transporting sediments from location to another?
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Compaction
2.
The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
3.
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
4.
What happens when weathering and erosion work together?
a)
New Mountains are created
b)
The climate changes overnight
c)
Metal objects become rusty
d)
They change the Earth's surface
5.
The diagrams shows a natural process that weathers rock.
Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
a)
frozen water acts as a solute
b)
water expands when it freezes
c)
the mass of water increases when it freezes
d)
frozen water dissolves most types of rock
6.
Which type of climate will have faster chemical weathering?
a)
Hot and Wet
b)
Cold and Dry
c)
Hot and Cold
d)
Cold and Wet
7.
What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
8.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
d)
Plants don't weather rocks
9.
How does vegetation in the soil affect the rate of erosion?
a)
It doesn't affect erosion.
b)
It decreases erosion.
c)
It increases erosion.
10.
Deltas are built up by -
a)
deposition
b)
leaching
c)
abrasion
d)
erosion
11.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
12.
Deposition changes the Earth’s surface because bits of broken rock and soil _____.
a)
stop rivers from flowing.
b)
make rich farmlands.
c)
are dropped in new places.
d)
move very slowly.
13.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
An avalanche
14.
What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock?
a)
chemical weathering
b)
physical weathering
c)
erosion
15.
Rust is the result of which process?
a)
oxidation
b)
erosion
c)
sublimation
d)
photosynthesis
16.
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
17.
Physical weathering by ABRASION is usually caused by friction due to
a)
digging animals, glaciers, acid rain and farm plowing
b)
running water, erosion, deposition, deflation and saltation
c)
rock particles carried by wind, water and gravity
d)
acid secreted by lichen, oxidation and ice wedging
18.
What part of trees, grass, or other plant holds soil in place to prevent erosion?
a)
flowers
b)
trunk or stem
c)
roots
d)
leaves
19.
Both the Grand Canyon and the Palo Duro Canyon were formed by what agent of erosion?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
lightning
d)
moving water
20.
How does mechanical weathering change rocks?
a)
chemically
b)
physically
c)
equally
d)
akwardly
21.
Muddy water is filled with sediments being carried away by a fast-moving river. Sediments cause problems for both biotic and abiotic factors of the river. Which is NOT a problem caused by sediments?
a)
Solid sediments evaporate from the river
b)
Sediments damage fish gills
c)
Sediments clog the streams
d)
Sediments block sunlight from reaching the plants in the water
22.
Plants prevent soil erosion by-
a)
holding dirt in place with their roots
b)
providing food for herbivores
c)
the process of photosynthesis
d)
releasing water into the atmosphere through transpiration
23.
How are canyons formed?
a)
Wind blows sand into high piles, which form the canyon walls.
b)
Rivers erode soil and rock over time, leaving behind canyon walls.
c)
Gravity causes rocks to fall from mountain sides onto valley floors.
d)
Ice freezes and thaws in cracks of rocks, and the cracks become canyons.
24.
Laura was creating a Venn diagram to compare an alluvial fan and a delta. Which statement would she place in the center?
a)
Sediments are deposited by water when it slows down
b)
Formed at the base of mountains (dry land)
c)
Formed at the base of rivers when they reach bays, oceans or large lakes
d)
Alluvial fans and deltas have nothing in common.
25.
What form of chemical weathering might will cause a rock to turn red?
a)
Oxidation forms rust
b)
Acid rain is dissolving the rock
c)
Abrasion
d)
Hydrolysis
26.
Deltas and alluvial fans are both formed by the deposition of rivers when the water slows down and the sediments fall out of the the water. How is a delta different from an alluvial fan.
a)
A delta is at the base of a mountain and an alluvial fan is at the top of the mountain
b)
An alluvial fan is at the base of a mountain and a delta is where the river empties into a lake, bay or ocean
c)
Deltas and alluvial fans are the same thing
d)
Deltas get larger and turn into alluvial fans.
27.
These rocks were made smooth by wind blowing smaller rock particles across their surface. This is an example of:
a)
ice wedging
b)
chemical weathering
c)
acid rain
d)
abrasion
28.
Is this an example of mechanical or chemical weathering?
a)
Mechanical weathering
b)
Chemical weathering
c)
It is deposition not weathering
d)
It is erosion not weathering
29.
What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock?
a)
chemical weathering
b)
physical weathering
c)
erosion
30.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
31.
Bobby observed that a metal trash can was covered with rust. What type of weathering caused the rust on the trash can?
a)
Mechanical weathering
b)
Wind weathering
c)
Chemical weathering
d)
Erosion weathering
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