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WorksheetsWeathering & Erosion
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Changes to the surface of the earth can happen slowly or rapidly.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The earth is no longer changing.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Which of the following is NOT a rapid change?
a)
Hurricane
b)
Earthquake
c)
Waves on a beach
d)
Landslide
4.
Which of the following is a change caused by people?
a)
building a road
b)
planting a garden
c)
mining
d)
all of the above
5.
What are physical features on the surface of the earth?
a)
landforms
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
6.
What is a crack in the surface of the earth through which hot melted rock, called lava, flows?
a)
Geyser
b)
Reef
c)
Island
d)
Volcano
7.
Many landforms are shaped by the movement of the earth's surface.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The earth is solid rock.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Movements of earth's plates create _______.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
earthquakes
d)
hurricanes
10.
What is the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
11.
What is the dropping of sediment?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
12.
What is the moving of sediment from one place to another?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
13.
Which of the following is NOT a natural cause of weathering?
a)
Humans
b)
Water
c)
Wind
d)
Plants
14.
Frost weathering occurs when . . .
a)
it's cold outside
b)
the water in or around rocks and soil freezes and expands
15.
What is the process of wearing away rocks by FRICTION?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
abrasion
d)
frost weathering
16.
What is happening here?
a)
abrasion
b)
frost weathering
c)
root weathering
d)
deposition
17.
What is happening here?
a)
abrasion
b)
frost weathering
c)
root weathering
d)
deposition
18.
What is happening here?
a)
abrasion
b)
frost weathering
c)
root weathering
d)
depostion
19.
What is happening here?
a)
abrasion
b)
frost weathering
c)
root weathering
d)
deposition
20.
What is the loose material at the surface of the earth?
a)
rocks
b)
humus
c)
soil
d)
bedrock
21.
Soil is mostly made of . . .
a)
humus
b)
weathered rock
c)
clay
d)
decayed plants
22.
What is the decayed plant and animal material in soil?
a)
humus
b)
sand
c)
silt
d)
clay
23.
What provides the nutrients plants need?
a)
sand
b)
humus
c)
silt
d)
clay
24.
Which answer shows the sizes of weathered rock found in soil in the correct order? (largest to smallest)
a)
clay, sand, silt
b)
sand, silt, clay
c)
silt, clay, sand
25.
What is soil made of?
a)
sand, silt, clay
b)
weathered rock, air, water, humus
c)
sediment
d)
topsoil, subsoil, bedrock
26.
What is the layer of soil that contains humus?
a)
topsoil
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
27.
What is the layer of solid rock below the layers of soil?
a)
topsoil
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
28.
Which layer is made of coarse rocks that have been weathered and does NOT contain humus?
a)
topsoil
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
29.
Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa lean?
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
It was not built on bedrock.
d)
It was in an earthquake.
30.
Small bits of weathered material are called sediment.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Erosion can change land quickly or slowly.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
What can cause erosion?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
ice
d)
all of the above
33.
Most of our deep canyons and gorges were formed by the Flood as waters cut through rock.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Which landform is caused by windblown sand?
a)
moraine
b)
dune
c)
delta
d)
butte
35.
The area of sediment that builds up at the mouth of a river is called a __________.
a)
moraine
b)
mesa
c)
butte
d)
delta
36.
What is a huge sheet of ice that stays frozen all year?
a)
moraine
b)
butte
c)
delta
d)
glacier
37.
Which two landforms are created by glaciers?
a)
delta, butte
b)
moraine, U-shaped valleys
c)
frost weathering, abrasion
d)
canyon, ditch
38.
When the weather warms up, glaciers drop bits of sediment and rocks that form small hils called _______________.
a)
U-shaped valleys
b)
Moraines
39.
Glaciers that move between mountains carve out ________.
a)
U-shaped Valleys
b)
Moraines
40.
Gravity affects erosion by pulling sediment carried by water, wind, or ice towards the earth.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
What is the rapid downhill movement of large amounts of soil and rock?
a)
landslide
b)
avalanche
c)
glacier
d)
moraine
42.
What occurs when large amounts of snow and ice suddenly move down a mountain?
a)
landslide
b)
avalanche
c)
glacier
d)
moraine
43.
Soil creep is when wind pulls soil and rock down a gentle slope.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Melting snow and ice can cause ________.
a)
landslides
b)
avalanches
45.
Why does erosion often occur near paved areas?
a)
pavement can't absorb rainwater
b)
there are fewer plants and trees
c)
all of the above
46.
Mountains and islands are formed by ____.
a)
glaciers
b)
earthquakes
c)
volcanoes
d)
weathering
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