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Earth and Water

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

d)

Compaction

2.
The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition 
3.
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
4.
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
5.
A landmass with an elevation higher than a hill.
a)
Ocean
b)
Gulf
c)
Mountain
d)
Valley
6.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
volcano
d)
canyon
7.
What land form is this?
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
8.
The air in the troposphere has a greater density than the air in any other layer of the atmosphere,
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What is the lowest main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
10.
What is the second lowest main layer of Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
11.
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering 
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
12.
A piece of land surrounded by water.
a)
Island
b)
Peninsula
c)
Gulf