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WorksheetsWED 5th Grade
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 46mins
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Class
Date
1.
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
soil conservation
d)
decomposition
2.
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
3.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
4.
Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
5.
Flood waters moving soil from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
6.
Weathering involves the movement of rocks and minerals by agents such as water, wind and gravity.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
8.
What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Compaction
9.
Which of these is an example of erosion
a)
Light Shinning onto a mountain
b)
Rain breaking down rock
c)
Wind blowing away sediment
d)
All of the above
10.
What is the correct order of the processes?
a)
they all happen at the same time
b)
erosion, weathering, deposition
c)
weathering, erosion, deposition
d)
weathering, deposition, erosion
11.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
12.
What force lays down sediment in new locations?
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Deposition
d)
Abrasion
13.
Deposited material at the end of a river is called?
a)
landform
b)
delta
c)
canyon
14.
What happens when weathering and erosion work together?
a)
New Mountains are created
b)
The climate changes overnight
c)
Metal objects become rusty
d)
They change the Earth's surface
15.
Which agents break down earth materials?
a)
wind only
b)
earthquakes and gravity
c)
ice and 007
d)
wind, water, and ice
16.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called __________.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
17.
What is the main cause of weathering and erosion to make a canyons?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
18.
A beautiful display of bluebonnets bloomed along the bank of the river, but after the storm last night, the flowers and a large section of the soil in which they grew is gone.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
19.
The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
dumptruck
20.
Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.
a)
forming new land features
b)
breaking down large rocks into smaller ones
c)
washing away beaches
d)
severely draining topsoil
21.
The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
d)
dumptruck
22.
What landform is this?
a)
Sanddune
b)
Canyon
c)
Delta
d)
Valley
23.
What landform is this?
a)
Sanddune
b)
Canyon
c)
Delta
d)
Valley
24.
What landform is this?
a)
Sanddune
b)
Canyon
c)
Delta
d)
Valley
25.
How was this formed?
a)
Deposition caused by wind
b)
Deposition caused by water
c)
Deposition caused by ice
26.
How was this formed?
a)
Erosion and deposition by wind
b)
Erosion and deposition by moving water
c)
Erosion and deposition of moving ice
27.
How did this form?
a)
moving glaciers
b)
moving wind
c)
moving water
28.
How would a fast-flowing river be most likely to move sand-sized particles of sediment?
a)
It would lift them and carry them downstream.
b)
It would dissolve them completely in solution.
c)
It would roll or slide them along the streambed.
d)
It would deposit them on the streambed.
29.
How might a weathered mountain appear different than an unweathered mountain?
a)
Weathered mountain would be taller.
b)
Weathered mountain would be rounder and less jagged.
c)
Weathered mountain would be more jagged and less rounded.
d)
Weathered mountain would have no trees.
30.
Sarah does the investigation described below using a model to study how rivers erode earth materials.
· She pours 600 mL of sand onto a plate.
· She pours 150 mL of water onto the pile of sand.
· She measures how much of the sand washes off the edge of the plate.
· She notices that less sand washes off the plate when she pours water slowly than when she pours it faster.
How is the model similar to real rivers eroding earth materials?
· She pours 600 mL of sand onto a plate.
· She pours 150 mL of water onto the pile of sand.
· She measures how much of the sand washes off the edge of the plate.
· She notices that less sand washes off the plate when she pours water slowly than when she pours it faster.
How is the model similar to real rivers eroding earth materials?
a)
The model shows that faster-moving
water makes sand stick to the bottom of a river.
b)
The model shows that slower-moving
water makes sand float to the top of a river.
c)
The model shows that slower-moving water
erodes less earth materials than faster-moving water.
d)
The model shows that faster-moving
water erodes less earth materials than slower-moving water.
31.
Select the answer that shows the order of events a rock goes through.
a)
erosion, weathering, deposition
b)
weathering, erosion, deposition
c)
deposition, weathering erosion
d)
erosion, deposition, weathering
32.
Tree roots cause
a)
weathering.
b)
erosion.
c)
deposition
33.
Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
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