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Jones- Unit 3 Review Game (Earth's Changing Surface)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the removal of weathered material from one location to another?
a)
soil formation
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
weathering
2.
What is the laying down or settling of eroded material?
a)
soil formation
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
weathering
3.
What is the flat land along the sides of a stream where flood waters go?
a)
divide
b)
floodplain
c)
stream bed
d)
levee
4.
What are the bends in a stream- usually along flat land?
a)
banks
b)
beds
c)
headwaters
d)
meanders
5.
What is a lake that forms when a bend is cut off from the stream ?
a)
oxbend lake
b)
oxbow lake
c)
meander plug
d)
bank pond
6.
How does a river get its energy for erosion?
a)
the mass and speed of the water (determined by the slope)
b)
the speed of the water and the size of the mountain
c)
the mass of the water and the color of the rocks
d)
the slope of the land and the amount of grass around it
7.
How does a glacier get its energy for erosion?
a)
the speed of the ice (determined by the slope) since the ice is not moving
b)
the size of the mountain
c)
the air temperature around the glacier
d)
the slope of the land and the mass of the ice (since it moves slowly)
8.
What is the shape of a valley when it is cut by a fast moving stream?
a)
U-shaped
b)
V-shaped
c)
W-shaped
d)
O-shaped
9.
What is the shape of a valley when it is cut by a large glacier?
a)
U-shaped
b)
V-shaped
c)
W-shaped
d)
O-shaped
10.

What is the area where more snow falls than is melted away to produce glacial ice?

a)

accumulation zone

b)

ablation zone

c)

equilibrium line

d)

terminus

11.
What type of stream is shown in the picture?
a)
aquifer
b)
young stream
c)
mature stream
d)
old stream
12.
What type of stream is shown in the picture?
a)
tributary
b)
young stream
c)
mature stream
d)
old stream
13.
What type of stream has the fastest moving water?
a)
water moves the same speed in all streams
b)
young stream
c)
mature stream
d)
old stream
14.
What type of stream has the steepest slope?
a)
slope is the same in all streams
b)
young stream
c)
mature stream
d)
old stream
15.
What type of stream has the widest floodplain?
a)
floodplains are the same size in all streams
b)
young stream
c)
mature stream
d)
old stream
16.
What type of stream is shown in the picture?
a)
runoff
b)
young stream
c)
mature stream
d)
old stream
17.
What causes meanders in a stream to occur?
a)
erosion occurs from faster water on the outside of the bank, while slower water deposits sediment on the inside
b)
deposition occurs from faster water on the outside of the bank, while slower water erodes sediment on the inside
c)
erosion occurs from faster water on the inside of the bank, while slower water deposits sediment on the outside
d)
deposition occurs from faster water on the inside of the bank, while slower water erodes sediment on the outside
18.
When more ices melts than is replaced by gravity pulling the ice downhill, what happens to a alpine glacier?
a)
It flow uphill.
b)
It starts to carve a V-shaped valley.
c)
It retreats.
d)
It plucks the land, surges forward, and creates an iceberg.
19.

What is gravity pulling soil, mud, and rocks down cliffs and hillsides?

a)

abrasion

b)

meanders

c)

slope

d)

mass movement

20.

What is a mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over Earth's surface?

a)

iceberg

b)

meander

c)

glacier

d)

plucker

21.

What are the large cracks in the top of a glacier?

a)

outwash plain

b)

cirques

c)

drumlins

d)

crevasses

22.

What is the horizontal movement of air?

a)

wind

b)

abrasion

c)

ocean currents

d)

waves

23.

In a meander, where does the erosion occur?

a)

inside the bend

b)

outside the bend

c)

bottom of the river

d)

inside and outside the bend

24.

In a meander, where does the deposition occur?

a)

inside the bend

b)

outside the bend

c)

bottom of the river

d)

inside and outside the bend

25.

The mass movement in the diagram to the far left is best called a _______.

a)

creep

b)

slump

c)

mudflow

d)

rockfall

26.

The mass movement in the diagram second from the left is best called a _______.

a)

creep

b)

slump

c)

mudflow

d)

rockfall

27.

The mass movement in the diagram second from the right is best called a _______.

a)

creep

b)

slump

c)

mudflow

d)

rockfall

28.

The mass movement in the diagram on the far right is best called a _______.

a)

creep

b)

slump

c)

mudflow

d)

rockfall

29.

As the wind blows it moves piles of sand in the same direction as the wind. What are these piles of sand called?

a)

dunes

b)

profiles

c)

stacks

d)

pillars

30.

Ice wedging occurs because as water freezes it also _____.

a)

contracts

b)

expands

c)

changes structure

d)

changes color

31.

As the wind blows it picks up sand, which grinds or strikes other rocks or objects in a process called _______.

a)

abrasion

b)

deflation

c)

leaching

d)

melting

32.

As a glacier moves it grinds against the ground. This causes friction, melting, and freezing of water which adds sediment, rocks, and debris to the bottom of the glacier. What is this process called?

a)

till

b)

outwash

c)

plucking

d)

kettle lakes

33.

River deposit sediment when they enter into other bodies of water. What is the structure created by this process?

a)

delta

b)

oxbow lake

c)

alluvial fan

d)

kettle lake

34.

River deposit sediment when they exit mountains and flow onto land areas. What is the structure created by this process?

a)

delta

b)

oxbow lake

c)

alluvial fan

d)

kettle lake

35.

Glaciers are created when more snow accumulates than melts away. What the step between snow and glacial ice?

a)

firn

b)

outwash

c)

glacial milk

d)

till

36.

Chemical weathering occurs after _____ occur.

a)

chemical changes or reactions

b)

physical changes

c)

color changes

d)

metamorphic

37.

Mechanical weathering occurs after _____ occur.

a)

chemical changes or reactions

b)

physical changes

c)

color changes

d)

igneous

38.

What is the process by which natural forces break down rocks?

a)

deposition

b)

erosion

c)

weathering

d)

metamorphism

39.

Which rocks form from molten rock (magma and lava)?

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

mineralistic

40.

Which rocks form from other sediments?

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

mineralistic

41.

Which rocks form from other rocks that are changed by heat and pressure?

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

d)

mineralistic

42.

Which is molten or melted rock above Earth's surface?

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

intrusive

d)

extrusive

43.

Which is molten or melted rock below Earth's surface?

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

intrusive

d)

extrusive

44.

What igneous rocks are created from magma?

a)

intrusive with small mineral grains

b)

extrusive with small mineral grains

c)

intrusive with large mineral grains

d)

extrusive with large mineral grains

45.

What igneous rocks are created from lava?

a)

intrusive with small mineral grains

b)

extrusive with small mineral grains

c)

intrusive with large mineral grains

d)

extrusive with large mineral grains

46.

What sedimentary rocks are formed from broken pieces?

a)

clastic

b)

organic

c)

chemical

d)

foliated

47.

What sedimentary rocks are formed from a solution of minerals?

a)

clastic

b)

organic

c)

chemical

d)

foliated

48.

What sedimentary rocks are formed from dead plants and animals?

a)

clastic

b)

organic

c)

chemical

d)

nonfoliated

49.

What metamorphic rocks have parallel bands or layers?

a)

clastic

b)

organic

c)

foliated

d)

nonfoliated

50.

What metamorphic rocks have different textures or appearance without parallel bands or layers?

a)

clastic

b)

organic

c)

foliated

d)

nonfoliated

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