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GCSE Geomorphic Processes

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many types of erosion are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

2.

How many types of transportation are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

3.

How many types of mass movement are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

4.

How many types of weathering are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

5.

What does erosion mean?

a)

Leaves transported material behind, building up new land

b)

Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud

c)

Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea

d)

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals

e)

Carries away eroded material

6.

What does transportation mean?

a)

Leaves transported material behind, building up new land

b)

Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud

c)

Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea

d)

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals

e)

Carries away eroded material

7.

What does weathering mean?

a)

Leaves transported material behind, building up new land

b)

Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud

c)

Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea

d)

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals

e)

Carries away eroded material

8.

What does mass movement mean?

a)

Leaves transported material behind, building up new land

b)

Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud

c)

Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea

d)

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals

e)

Carries away eroded material

9.

What does deposition mean?

a)

Leaves transported material behind, building up new land

b)

Downslope movement of a mass of surface materials, such as soil, rock, or mud

c)

Wearing away of the land by rivers or sea

d)

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals

e)

Carries away eroded material

10.

Which is the definition for hydraulic action?

a)

The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks

b)

The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast

c)

The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles

d)

The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water

11.

Which is the definition for solution (erosion)?

a)

The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks

b)

The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast

c)

The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles

d)

The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water

12.

Which is the definition for attrition?

a)

The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks

b)

The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast

c)

The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles

d)

The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water

13.

Which is the definition for abrasion?

a)

The process of rock being broken up by air being forced into cracks

b)

The process of erosion in which rocks and other hard materials in the water wear away the water channel or coast

c)

The process of rocks in the water bashing into and wearing each other down into smaller, rounder particles

d)

The process in which rocks slowly dissolve in water

14.

Which is the definition for traction?

a)

Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water

b)

Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

c)

Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

d)

Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along

15.

Which is the definition for saltation?

a)

Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water

b)

Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

c)

Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

d)

Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along

16.

Which is the definition for suspension?

a)

Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water

b)

Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

c)

Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

d)

Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along

17.

Which is the definition for solution (transportation)?

a)

Small particles like silt and clay are carried along by the water

b)

Pebble-sized particles are bounced along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

c)

Large particles like boulders are pushed along the river bed or sea floor by the force of the water

d)

Soluble materials dissolve in the water and are carried along

18.

What is the definition of biological weathering?

a)

Breaking up of rock caused by plants or animals

b)

The breakdown of material caused by the action of rainwater in rock

c)

The breakdown of rock caused by temperature changes, especially on mountains

19.

What is the definition of chemical weathering?

a)

Breaking up of rock caused by plants or animals

b)

The breakdown of material caused by the action of rainwater in rock

c)

The breakdown of rock caused by temperature changes, especially on mountains

20.

What is the definition of mechanical weathering?

a)

Breaking up of rock caused by plants or animals

b)

The breakdown of material caused by the action of rainwater in rock

c)

The breakdown of rock caused by temperature changes, especially on mountains

21.

Which is the definition of landslide?

a)

A large body of soil and rock that moves in a straight line down a steep slope

b)

A large body of soil and rock that shifts in a rotation down a steep slope

22.

Which is the definition of land slump?

a)

A large body of soil and rock that moves in a straight line down a steep slope

b)

A large body of soil and rock that shifts in a rotation down a steep slope

23.

Which is an example of erosion?

a)

Saltation

b)

Abrasion

c)

Biological

d)

Landslide

24.

Which is an example of transportation?

a)

Suspension

b)

Hydraulic action

c)

Mechanical

d)

Land slump

25.

Which is an example of weathering?

a)

Traction

b)

Solution

c)

Chemical

d)

Deposition

26.

Which is an example of mass movement?

a)

Solution

b)

Attrition

c)

Biological

d)

Landslide

27.

Which geomorphic process is this?

a)

Saltation

b)

Mechanical weathering

c)

Attrition

d)

Land slump

28.

Which geomorphic process is this?

a)

Biological weathering

b)

Hydraulic action

c)

Landslides

d)

Traction

29.

Which geomorphic process is this?

a)

Solution (transportation)

b)

Abrasion

c)

Deposition

d)

Chemical weathering

30.

Which geomorphic process is this?

a)

Solution (erosion)

b)

Suspension

c)

Landslide

d)

Land slump

31.

Which geomorphic process is this?

a)

Landslide

b)

Mechanical weathering

c)

Land slump

d)

Abrasion

32.

Which type of transportation is this?

a)

Traction

b)

Suspension

c)

Saltation

d)

Solution

33.

Which type of transportation is this?

a)

Traction

b)

Suspension

c)

Saltation

d)

Solution

34.

Which type of transportation is this?

a)

Traction

b)

Suspension

c)

Saltation

d)

Solution

35.

Which type of transportation is this?

a)

Traction

b)

Suspension

c)

Saltation

d)

Solution

36.

What type of erosion is this?

a)

Hydraulic action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Attrition

d)

Solution

37.

What type of erosion is this?

a)

Hydraulic action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Attrition

d)

Solution

38.

What type of erosion is this?

a)

Hydraulic action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Attrition

d)

Solution

39.

What type of erosion is this?

a)

Hydraulic action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Attrition

d)

Solution

40.

what does geomorphic mean?

a)

The changing of the coastline or riverbank

b)

Changing of the earth/land

c)

How the earth or landscape was created

d)

Earth's future land shape