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WorksheetsWeathering, Erosion, and Deposition Review Quizziz
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Glaciers
d)
Weathering
2.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place.
b)
makes the rocks last longer.
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks.
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides.
3.
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Decomposition
4.
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)
moving topsoil.
5.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
Deposition
b)
Landslide
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
6.
What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?
a)
Waves
b)
Gravity
c)
Glaciers
d)
Wind
7.
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)
Crop Rotation
8.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Awesome Science
9.
Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
A nice place to swim
10.
What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?
a)
A glacier
b)
An iceberg
c)
An ice wedge
d)
A sand dune
11.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
During photosynthesis
b)
When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand, the rock breaks.
c)
When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.
d)
Plants don't weather rocks.
12.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
An avalanche
13.
Weathering involves the movement of rocks and minerals by agents such as water, wind and gravity.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The process of carrying away weathered bits of rocks is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
15.
The process of moving weathered rock and depositing it in another location is called?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
16.
A small stream or other source of flowing water cannot form a canyon?
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Deposited material at the end of a river is called?
a)
landform
b)
delta
c)
canyon
18.
Glaciers shape and carve away the land beneath them and can drastically reshape the landscape over hundreds or even thousands of years.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Weathering and erosion are the same thing.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
21.
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers is called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
22.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart is called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
23.
Waves dropping sand on the beach is called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
24.
A mudslide flowing down a steep hill is called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
25.
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
26.
This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion weathering
d)
deposition
27.
This type of weathering occurs when rocks weaken then break down due to chemical changes in the composition of the rock.
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion weathering
d)
deposition
28.
How is mechanical weathering different from chemical weathering?
a)
Chemical weathering happens over much shorter time frame than mechanical weathering.
b)
Chemical weathering changes the chemical composition of rocks; mechanical weathering does not.
c)
Chemical weathering occurs only in tropical climates; mechanical weathering occurs only in cool climates.
d)
Chemical weathering occurs only in the mountains; mechanical weathering occurs only on flat land.
29.
A metal statue slowly turning green after years of being outside is an example of:
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
30.
Weeds growing into the cracks in a sidewalk and the sidewalk begins to crumble is an example of:
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
31.
Which process is most directly related to constructing new land?
a)
erosion
b)
polluting
c)
deposition
d)
weathering
32.
At the beach which agent of erosion affects the coast?
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Animals
d)
Gravity
33.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
34.
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
35.
Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
36.
A satellite image of an area in Florida shows a river with slight bends along its length. A second satellite image taken of the same area 10 years later shows the same river with a different course. What is the best explanation for the difference in the shape of the river's course between the two satellite images?
a)
Wind blew waves across the water surface, eroding away the bank on one side of the river until the river's course changed its shape
b)
Regular freezing and thawing of the river split the soil along the river banks, changing the shape of the river
c)
Water eroded the banks of the river and deposited the eroded soil on opposite banks, causing the river to form tighter bends
d)
Acid rain chemically weathered the banks along the river, forcing the river to wind back and forth
37.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of weathering, erosion, and deposition?
a)
fire
b)
water
c)
wind
d)
ice
38.
Weathering, erosion, and deposition occur over many________.
a)
days
b)
years
c)
hours
d)
months
39.
What is sediment?
a)
the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
b)
bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
c)
the top layer of the soil
d)
decaying plant or animal material
40.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
41.
What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock?
a)
chemical weathering
b)
physical weathering
c)
erosion
42.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
when the leaves dissolve the rocks
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
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