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Weathering and Erosion Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 36mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which substance on Earth is the greatest force of erosion?

a)

Wind

b)

Water

c)

Lava

d)

Gravity

2.

How come we don't see many fossils on Earth?

a)

Animals don't become fossils, ever

b)

Animals are buried under mountains of sediment that turns into rock

c)

Weathering and erosion change the surface of Earth

3.

Besides moving water, what other forces cause erosion?

a)

Wind, salt and gravity

b)

wind, ice and gravity

c)

wind, animals and storms

4.

What has steep, sloping sides that is usually eroded by a river?

a)

Valley

b)

Waterfall

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Meander

5.

What has water moving over harder rock, which then erodes the softer rock beneath?

a)

Valley

b)

Waterfall

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Meander

6.

Which of the following allowed Egyptians to grow crops, especially during seasonal floods?

a)

Valley

b)

Waterfall

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Meander

7.

Which of the following has a wide, flat area around a river that includes a wide area of erosion?

a)

Valley

b)

Waterfall

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Meander

8.

Which of the following has loop-like bends in the course of a river?

a)

Valley

b)

Waterfall

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Meander

9.

Which of the following is a meander that has been cut off and left to dry up?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Groundwater

c)

Oxbow Lake

d)

Alluvial Fan

10.

Which of the following is a wide sloping deposit of sediment formed when a stream or river leaves a mountain range?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Groundwater

c)

Oxbow Lake

d)

Alluvial Fan

11.

Which of the following is formed when a river flows into an ocean or lake?

a)

Delta

b)

Groundwater

c)

Oxbow Lake

d)

Alluvial Fan

12.

What is pictured here at the end of the Nile?

a)

Alluvial Fan

b)

Delta

c)

Meander

d)

Oxbow Lake

13.

The entire structure in this image is known as a(an)

a)

Alluvial Fan

b)

Delta

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Oxbow Lake

14.

The structure in this image is known as a(an)

a)

Meander

b)

Oxbow Lake

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Delta

15.

The structure to the left in this image is known as a(an)

a)

Meander

b)

Oxbow Lake

c)

Flood Plain

d)

Delta

16.

People in this image are finding diamonds at the bottom of the river because of what force?

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Greed

d)

Human activity

17.

Which substance allowed this hole to open up?

a)

Groundwater

b)

Ice

c)

Gravity

d)

Wind

18.

What force is NOT on the moon, and is inevitably the reason this footprint will remain in the soil for many, many years?

a)

Erosion

b)

Gravity

c)

Groundwater

d)

Volcanoes