WorksheetsEarth’s Changing Surface 2021
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The chemical breakdown and decomposition of rocks by natural processes in the environment is known as.
a)
deposition
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
physical weathering
2.
A location where land and ocean surface meet.
a)
Coastline
b)
Delta
c)
dune
d)
glacier
3.
A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.
a)
Coastline
b)
dune
c)
glacier
d)
Delta
4.
The process in which material is laid down.
a)
erosion
b)
chemical weathering
c)
deposition
d)
physical weathering
5.
A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.
a)
dune
b)
lake
c)
river
d)
glacier
6.
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
a)
erosion
b)
chemical weathering
c)
deposition
d)
physical weathering
7.
A large mass of ice that exists year round and moves over land
a)
dune
b)
lake
c)
river
d)
glacier
8.
A filled or partially filled basin of fresh or salt water surrounded by land.
a)
dune
b)
lake
c)
river
d)
glacier
9.
When water in the ground freezes and expands causing a crack in the ground.
a)
ice wedging
b)
erosion
c)
physical weathering
d)
chemical weathering
10.
The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that is caused by natural processes and that does not change the chemical composition of the rock material.
a)
ice wedging
b)
erosion
c)
physical weathering
d)
chemical weathering
11.
A large natural stream of water that flows across land surfaces within a channel.
a)
dune
b)
lake
c)
river
d)
glacier
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