Worksheetsc.9 Wind, Water and Waves
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
While most land areas are slow to change, the shape of beaches changes daily. Which of the following best explains this?
a)
The heating and cooling of beaches changes the shape.
b)
Coastal animals change the shape of the shoreline.
c)
The wave action adds and removes sand daily.
d)
Sea level decreases each day, creating more coastal land.
2.
What is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Gravity
d)
Ice
3.
Deltas are built up by -
a)
deposition
b)
leaching
c)
abrasion
d)
erosion
4.
A river flowing across a wide flood plain begins to form loop-like bends called -
a)
rills
b)
meanders
c)
outside curves
d)
deltas
5.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
6.
Which of the following is a true statement?
a)
Ocean currents only affect beaches during storms and hurricanes.
b)
Ocean currents can move sand along the coast and build beaches.
c)
Ocean currents only destroy beaches.
d)
Ocean currents do not affect beaches.
7.
The four agents of erosion are water, _____, ice, and gravity. What goes in the blank?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Sunlight
d)
Wind
8.
How does wind abrasion work?
a)
Sediment is blown off a surface from wind.
b)
Wind-blown sediment strikes a surface.
c)
Wind blows large chunks of rock off a surface.
d)
Sediment falls off of a surface on its own.
9.
Two streams begin at the same elevation and have equal volumes. Which statement best explains why one stream could be flowing faster than the other stream?
a)
The faster stream contains more dissolved minerals
b)
The faster stream has a much steeper gradient (slope)
c)
The streams are flowing in different directions
d)
The faster stream has a lower temperature than the slower stream
10.
The picture below shows a geological landform on Earth. This landform is always found along the shoreline of a body of water. It is usually made up of loose particles, such as sand and rock.
a)
a canyon
b)
an ocean ridge
c)
a beach
d)
a fault line
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