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Mass Movements

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are elongated landforms made of older moraines over which glaciers have moved?

a)

eskers

b)

drumlins

c)

outwash plains

d)

kettle lake

2.

The last continental ice age covered approximately what percent of earth's surface?

a)

30%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

20%

3.

What percent of the Earth's surface is currently covered by Ice?

a)

30%

b)

50%

c)

10%

4.

Which force is more powerful?

a)

abrasion

b)

deflation

c)

deposition

d)

mirgration

5.

Which has the fastest movement?

a)

creep

b)

mudflow

c)

avalanche

d)

solifluction

6.

Which is the underlying force that causes all forms of mass movement?

a)

magnetism

b)

coriolis effect

c)

gravity

d)

friction

7.

Which particles can wind move most easily?

a)

silt

b)

gravel

c)

sand

d)

pebbles

8.

Where are large deposits of glacial loess primarily found

a)

eastern US

b)

midwest US

c)

southwest US

d)

southeast US

9.

Which most likely creates a valley?

a)

glacial ice

b)

landslide

c)

prevailing winds

d)

running water

10.

Which property is used to classify dunes?

a)

Composition

b)

density

c)

shape

d)

age

11.

Select the correct types of glaciers

a)

continental

b)

landscape

c)

valley

d)

cirque

12.

cirques, moraines, and outwashes are all related to

a)

glacial erosion

b)

landscape erosion

c)

mudslide erosion

d)

wind erosion

13.

Select all that apply... Mass movements are....

a)

creeps

b)

flows

c)

slides

d)

slumps

e)

avalanches

14.

Underlying force behind all mass movements

a)

gravity

b)

pressure

c)

water

d)

volcanoes

15.

Select all that apply.... Wind dunes are classified as....

a)

Barchan

b)

Transverse

c)

Parabolic

d)

Longitudinal

e)

Landscape