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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the breaking of rock that occurs by chemical reactions?
a)
abrasion
b)
erosion
c)
chemical weathering
d)
mechanical weathering
2.
The process in which broken rock is transported (moved).
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
abrasion
3.
The area around a river where sediment is deposited from river overflow.
a)
mass movement
b)
oxidation
c)
floodplain
d)
weathering
4.
The process where sediment is laid down in new locations.
a)
erosion
b)
abrasion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
5.
What is a physical process that breaks rocks without changing the make up of the rock?
a)
chemical weathering
b)
mechanical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
deposition
6.
Oxygen in the air reacts with rocks to produce rust.
a)
carbonation
b)
oxidation
c)
acid rain
d)
abrasion
7.
Gravity pulls large amounts of soil, rock debris down steep-sided hills and mountains.
a)
abrasion
b)
deposition
c)
canyon
d)
mass movement
8.
Acid in groundwater dissolves rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
9.
Rocks in a riverbed become smooth from tumbling.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
10.
Water freezes and expands in cracks in rocks breaking the rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
11.
Acid rain dissolves rocks.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
12.
Canyons and valleys formed by a river are in what shape?
a)
U shape
b)
V shape
13.
Long shore currents create what type of landforms.
a)
deltas
b)
sandbars
c)
floodplains
d)
mountains
14.
Moraines, drumlins are landforms caused by __________.
a)
continental glaciers
b)
wind
c)
acids in water
d)
gravity
15.
Sediment carried down a river and deposited at the mouth form a _______.
a)
moraine
b)
floodplain
c)
delta
d)
sand dune
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