Worksheetserosion
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The chemical and physical processes that "breaks" down rock on the Earth's surface.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
landform
2.
Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away. "Takes"
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
glacier
3.
Process in which sediment is left in a new location. "Makes"
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
sediment
4.
The process of scraping or wearing away.
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
deposition
5.
A slowly moving mass of ice and snow formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow.
a)
river
b)
glacier
c)
stream
d)
creek
6.
Is a hill of sand built by either wind erosion
a)
mountain
b)
canyon
c)
sand dune
d)
u-shaped valley
7.
The materials that are carried by moving water are called ______.
a)
jetty
b)
sediment
c)
erosion
d)
shoreline
8.
Broken-down rock material is "taken" from one place to another by moving water, wind, or ice?
a)
delta
b)
sediments
c)
erosion
d)
weathering
9.
As a river moves onto flatter land and begins to reach the ocean, it deposits sediments and forms _____.
a)
bay
b)
glacier
c)
Alluvial fan
d)
moraine
10.
This type of glacier covers much of a continent or large island
a)
valley
b)
continental
11.
This type of glacier can move in ALL directions
a)
valley
b)
continent
12.
this type of glacier is long and narrow and form up high in a mountain valley
a)
valley
b)
continent
13.
this type of glacier can only move down due to the sides of the mountains and gravity
a)
valley
b)
continent
14.
Streams pick up small rocks and remain suspended (off the ground) in the water is known as
a)
suspended load
b)
continent
c)
saltation
15.
small rocks and sediment that move along the bottom of the river is known as ______.
a)
suspended load
b)
bed load
16.
V-SHAPED valleys are formed by which type of erosion
a)
Water
b)
Wind
c)
glacial
d)
Waves
17.
In a meander, erosion occurs on the _____ while deposition occurs on the _____
a)
outside, inside
b)
inside, inside
c)
inside, outside
d)
outside, outside
18.
In a meander, water moves ______ on the outside and ______ on the inside
a)
faster, slower
b)
faster, faster
c)
slower, faster
d)
slower, slower
19.
An oxbow lakes forms when
a)
The river is straight
b)
The river becomes too narrow to move
c)
The meander becomes too curved and breaks through
d)
The river becomes too flat and wide
20.
Longshore drift is the process that
a)
sediment travels down the beach in a zig-zag manner
b)
sediment travels down the beach in a straight line
c)
sediment stays in the same place
21.
Longshore drift works because
a)
waves hit shore at angle & move straight back (gravity)
b)
waves hit shore straight and move back at an angle
22.
U-SHAPED valleys are formed by which type of erosion
a)
Water
b)
Wind
c)
glacial
d)
Waves
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