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WorksheetsWeathering and Erosion Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which substance on Earth is the greatest force of erosion?
Wind
Water
Lava
Gravity
How come we don't see many fossils on Earth?
Animals don't become fossils, ever
Animals are buried under mountains of sediment that turns into rock
Weathering and erosion change the surface of Earth
Besides moving water, what other forces cause erosion?
Wind, salt and gravity
wind, ice and gravity
wind, animals and storms
What has steep, sloping sides that is usually eroded by a river?
Valley
Waterfall
Flood Plain
Meander
What has water moving over harder rock, which then erodes the softer rock beneath?
Valley
Waterfall
Flood Plain
Meander
Which of the following allowed Egyptians to grow crops, especially during seasonal floods?
Valley
Waterfall
Flood Plain
Meander
Which of the following has a wide, flat area around a river that includes a wide area of erosion?
Valley
Waterfall
Flood Plain
Meander
Which of the following has loop-like bends in the course of a river?
Valley
Waterfall
Flood Plain
Meander
Which of the following is a meander that has been cut off and left to dry up?
Waterfall
Groundwater
Oxbow Lake
Alluvial Fan
Which of the following is a wide sloping deposit of sediment formed when a stream or river leaves a mountain range?
Waterfall
Groundwater
Oxbow Lake
Alluvial Fan
Which of the following is formed when a river flows into an ocean or lake?
Delta
Groundwater
Oxbow Lake
Alluvial Fan
What is pictured here at the end of the Nile?
Alluvial Fan
Delta
Meander
Oxbow Lake
The entire structure in this image is known as a(an)
Alluvial Fan
Delta
Flood Plain
Oxbow Lake
The structure in this image is known as a(an)
Meander
Oxbow Lake
Flood Plain
Delta
The structure to the left in this image is known as a(an)
Meander
Oxbow Lake
Flood Plain
Delta
People in this image are finding diamonds at the bottom of the river because of what force?
Erosion
Weathering
Greed
Human activity
Which substance allowed this hole to open up?
Groundwater
Ice
Gravity
Wind
What force is NOT on the moon, and is inevitably the reason this footprint will remain in the soil for many, many years?
Erosion
Gravity
Groundwater
Volcanoes
