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WorksheetsGlaciers, Erosion, Ocean
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A gigantic mass of moving ice
a)
glacial drift
b)
stratified drift
c)
till
d)
glacier
2.
What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?
a)
alpine
b)
continental
c)
till
d)
moraine
3.
Glaciers form when _____.
a)
less snow falls than melts
b)
more snow falls than melts
c)
less rain falls than freezes
d)
more rain falls than freezes
4.
What letter of the alphabet does a glacial valley most closely resemble?
a)
U
b)
V
c)
W
d)
X
5.
_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock debris.
a)
Plucking
b)
Abrasion
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
6.
_____ is the unsorted material that is deposited directly by ice.
a)
Outwash
b)
Till
c)
Erratic
d)
Esker
7.
_____ are are lines deposited at bottom or along sides of glaciers.
a)
Eskers
b)
Till
c)
Erratics
d)
Moraines
8.
While most land areas are slow to change, the shape of beaches changes daily. Which of the following best explains this?
a)
The heating and cooling of beaches changes the shape.
b)
Coastal animals change the shape of the shoreline.
c)
The wave action adds and removes sand daily.
d)
Sea level decreases each day, creating more coastal land.
9.
What is land formed over many years by the build up of sand and dirt just offshore from the mainland?
a)
barrier island
b)
beach nourishment
c)
dredging
d)
jetty
10.
Which of these coastal landforms are created by deposition?
a)
Cave
b)
Stack
c)
Beach
d)
Wave cut platform
11.
What decrease with depth in the ocean? (2 answers)
a)
sunlight
b)
density
c)
pressure
d)
temperature
12.
What structure is a sloping plain that forms along the edge of continents?
a)
Seafloor
b)
Continental slope
c)
continental shelf
d)
continental crust
13.
Surface ocean currents are driven by
a)
temperature
b)
wind
c)
salinity
d)
density
14.
Deep ocean currents are driven by
a)
temperature
b)
wind
c)
salinity
d)
density
15.
Upwelling brings what to the surface?
a)
warm water
b)
nutrients
c)
sediment
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