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Chapter 8 Earth Mass Movement,Wind,Glaciers Putman

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The downslope movement of soil and weathered rock resulting from the force of gravity is called ______ _______.

a)

Land slide

b)

glacial movement

c)

mass movement

d)

rock movement

2.

____ is the slow, steady, downhill flow of loose, weathered Earth materials, especially soil.

a)

landslide

b)

mudflow

c)

creep

d)

mass movement

3.

______ are swiftly moving mixtures of mud and water.

a)

landslide

b)

mudflow

c)

creep

d)

mass movement

4.

A rapid down flow of Earth materials that occurs when a relatively thin block of soil, rock and debris separates from the underlying bedrock.

a)

landslide

b)

mudflow

c)

creep

d)

mass movement

5.

A ______ occurs when the mass of material in a landslide moves along a curved surface and leaves an indention in the land scape.

a)

landslide

b)

creep

c)

slump

d)

avalance

6.

_______ are landslides that occurs in mountainous areas with thick accumulation of snow

a)

slump

b)

avalance

c)

rock falls

d)

iceslides

7.

The lowering of the land surface that results from the wind's removal of surface particles.

a)

deflation

b)

inflation

c)

depression

d)

recession

8.

______ is erosion that occurs when particles such as sand rub against the surface of rocks or other materials.

a)

deflation

b)

abrashion

c)

ventifacts

d)

sandblasting

9.

Rocks that have been shaped by windblown sediments are called _________.

a)

deflation

b)

abrashion

c)

ventifacts

d)

sandblasting

10.

Piles of windblown sand that usually form in deserts are called _____.

a)

sand hills

b)

ventifacts

c)

dunes

d)

migrite

11.

____ is thick, wind blown silt deposits and form the most fertile soils because they contain abundant minerals and nutrients.

a)

dirt

b)

fertilizer

c)

loess

d)

drumlin

12.

_____ is a large mass of moving ice.

a)

iceburg

b)

iceflow

c)

glacier

d)

cirque

13.

Glaciers that form in valleys in high, mountainous ares are called _______ glaciers

a)

mountain

b)

continental

c)

horn

d)

valley

14.

Glaciers that cover broad, continent sized areas are called ______ glaciers.

a)

mountain

b)

continental

c)

horn

d)

valley

15.

Deep bowl shaped depressions that are scooped out by glaciers are called _____ .

a)

circue

b)

kurkis

c)

dosiers

d)

depressed

16.

Glaciers deposit unsorted ridges of till called _____ when the glacier melts.

a)

kame

b)

eskers

c)

drumlins

d)

moraines

17.

Glaciers deposit unsorted ridges of till called _____ when the glacier melts.

a)

kame

b)

eskers

c)

drumlins

d)

moraines

18.

Continental glaciers that move over older moraines form a material into elongated land forms called ______.

a)

kame

b)

eskers

c)

drumlins

d)

moraines

19.

Streams flowing under melting glaciers leave long winding ridges of layered sediment called ______.

a)

kame

b)

eskers

c)

drumlins

d)

moraines

20.

A _____ is a mound of layered sediment that forms when till gets washed into depressions or openings int the melting ice.

a)

kame

b)

eskers

c)

drumlins

d)

moraines