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WorksheetsGCSE Geomorphic Processes
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
How many types of erosion are there?
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How many types of transportation are there?
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How many types of mass movement are there?
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How many types of weathering are there?
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What does erosion mean?
Leaves transported material behind, building up new land
Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud
Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals
Carries away eroded material
What does transportation mean?
Leaves transported material behind, building up new land
Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud
Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals
Carries away eroded material
What does weathering mean?
Leaves transported material behind, building up new land
Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud
Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals
Carries away eroded material
What does mass movement mean?
Leaves transported material behind, building up new land
Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud
Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals
Carries away eroded material
What does deposition mean?
Leaves transported material behind, building up new land
Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud
Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals
Carries away eroded material
Which is the definition for hydraulic action?
The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks
The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast
The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles
The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water
Which is the definition for solution (erosion)?
The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks
The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast
The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles
The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water
Which is the definition for attrition?
The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks
The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast
The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles
The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water
Which is the definition for abrasion?
The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks
The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast
The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles
The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water
Which is the definition for traction?
Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water
Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along
Which is the definition for saltation?
Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water
Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along
Which is the definition for suspension?
Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water
Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along
Which is the definition for solution (transportation)?
Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water
Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water
Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along
What is the definition of biological weathering?
Breaking up of rock caused by plants or animals
The breakdown of material caused by the action of rainwater in rock
The breakdown of rock caused by temperature changes, especially on mountains
What is the definition of chemical weathering?
Breaking up of rock caused by plants or animals
The breakdown of material caused by the action of rainwater in rock
The breakdown of rock caused by temperature changes, especially on mountains
What is the definition of mechanical weathering?
Breaking up of rock caused by plants or animals
The breakdown of material caused by the action of rainwater in rock
The breakdown of rock caused by temperature changes, especially on mountains
Which is the definition of landslide?
A large body of soil and rock that moves in a straight line down a steep slope
A large body of soil and rock that shifts in a rotation down a steep slope
Which is the definition of land slump?
A large body of soil and rock that moves in a straight line down a steep slope
A large body of soil and rock that shifts in a rotation down a steep slope
Which is an example of erosion?
Saltation
Abrasion
Biological
Landslide
Which is an example of transportation?
Suspension
Hydraulic action
Mechanical
Land slump
Which is an example of weathering?
Traction
Solution
Chemical
Deposition
Which is an example of mass movement?
Solution
Attrition
Biological
Landslide
Which geomorphic process is this?
Saltation
Mechanical weathering
Attrition
Land slump
Which geomorphic process is this?
Biological weathering
Hydraulic action
Landslides
Traction
Which geomorphic process is this?
Solution (transportation)
Abrasion
Deposition
Chemical weathering
Which geomorphic process is this?
Solution (erosion)
Suspension
Landslide
Land slump
Which geomorphic process is this?
Landslide
Mechanical weathering
Land slump
Abrasion
Which type of transportation is this?
Traction
Suspension
Saltation
Solution
Which type of transportation is this?
Traction
Suspension
Saltation
Solution
Which type of transportation is this?
Traction
Suspension
Saltation
Solution
Which type of transportation is this?
Traction
Suspension
Saltation
Solution
What type of erosion is this?
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
What type of erosion is this?
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
What type of erosion is this?
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
What type of erosion is this?
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
what does geomorphic mean?
The changing of the coastline or riverbank
Changing of the earth/land
How the earth or landscape was created
Earth's future land shape
