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WED Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Over time, repeated cycles of heating and cooling can cause a rock to crack. The rock may then break into smaller pieces. What is this process called?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Weathering

d)

Biology

2.

In places where there is loose sediment and strong wind, the wind can pick up the sediment and carry it. When the wind slows, it deposits the sediment. Which type of sediment will be dropped first as the wind slows?

a)

the lighest sediment

b)

the medium weight sediment

c)

the heaviest sediment

3.

Which type of movement is caused by gravity moving wet Earth materials?

a)

Mudflow

b)

Mudslide

c)

Landflow

d)

V-Shaped Valleys

4.

Landslides, rockfalls, and mudslides are responsible for both erosion and deposition. What force is mainly responsible for the erosion and deposition that happens in landslides, rockfalls, and mudslides?

a)

Water

b)

Ice

c)

Wind

d)

Gravity

5.

What forms sand dunes?

a)

Water

b)

Ice

c)

Wind

d)

Gravity

6.

What happens when a stream slows down?

a)

stream deposits no sediments

b)

stream deposits less sediments

c)

stream deposits more sediments

d)

stream deposits too much sediments

7.

What two main processes form a river and an oxbow lake?

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Erosion and Deposition

c)

Weathering and Deposition

d)

Oxbow Lake and River

e)

River and Weathering

8.

The growth of plant roots in rock and animal activity results from what type of weathering?

a)

Physical Weathering

b)

Chemical Weathering

9.

Physical or Chemical?: Fungi and lichen produce a weak acid, slowly breaking down a rock.

a)

Physical

b)

Chemical

10.

Physical or Chemical: Plant roots grow in a rock and expands, breaking the rock into smaller pieces.

a)

Physical

b)

Chemical

11.

Mass movement is caused by what?

a)

Water

b)

Ice

c)

Wind

d)

Gravity

12.

When waves strike a shoreline, they concentrate their energy on?

a)

sand

b)

headlands