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WorksheetsHow is land changed?
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
2.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
3.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
4.
Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form moraines (deposition of debris)
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
5.
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
6.
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
7.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
8.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
9.
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
10.
Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth’s surface
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
11.
Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
12.
What is the major cause of weathering and erosion?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
13.
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
14.
The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
faults
15.
The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
16.
What is groundwater?
a)
any form of liquid water
b)
water that is not moving
c)
water on Earth's surface
d)
water below Earth's surface
17.
These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:
a)
ice wedging
b)
acid rain
c)
permeability
d)
abrasion
18.
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
a)
snow
b)
air
c)
clouds
d)
vapor
19.
Which is the opposite of condensation?
a)
runoff
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
20.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
21.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
22.
Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to earth's surface
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
runoff
23.
Process of liquid water changing into a gas
a)
evaporation
b)
condenstaion
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
24.
Water that is beneath earth's surface
a)
groundwater
b)
infiltration
c)
runoff
d)
transpiration
25.
The energy source that allows the water cycle to occur
a)
batteries
b)
the sun
c)
solar panels
d)
gasoline
26.
The first step in the water cycle
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
there is no first step
27.
How much new water does the water cycle produce each day?
a)
1 gallon
b)
100 gallons
c)
1,000,000 lagoons
d)
none
28.
Cracks in rocks fill with water, freeze and expand, causing the cracks to get bigger and break.
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposit
c)
Sediment
d)
Ice Wedging
29.
Mineral of sandy soil that has been carried away from one place and placed in another.
a)
root wedging
b)
glacier
c)
deposit
30.
Soil being washed away is an example of ____________________.
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
channels
d)
expanded
31.
Blowing sand can cause ____________________ of rock.
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
uplifted
d)
expanded
32.
Over millions of years, the Grand Canyon ________________________.
a)
channels
b)
uplifted
c)
expanded
d)
ecosystems
33.
Over time, erosion and weathering can cause canyons to become _____________________.
a)
deeper and narrower
b)
wider and shallower
c)
deeper and wider
d)
shallower and narrower
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