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IFC Week 8 Erosion & Deposition Retake

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a glacier?

a)

Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive

b)

A large mass of moving ice and snow on land

c)

A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier

d)

Material deposited by melt water from a glacier

2.

What is dune?

a)

The sediments deposited directly by a glacier

b)

Material deposited by melt water from a glacier

c)

A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind

d)

A large mass of moving ice and snow on land

3.

A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt

a)

Delta

b)

Loess

c)

Moraine

d)

Dune

4.

The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope

a)

Deposition

b)

Landslide

c)

Abrasion

d)

Mass wasting

5.

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away

a)

Abrasion

b)

Deposition

c)

Erosion

d)

Moraine

6.

Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive

a)

Erosion

b)

Abrasion

c)

Glacier

d)

Moraine

7.

What is a longshore current?

a)

The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope

b)

A current that flows parallel to the shoreline

c)

A large mass of moving ice and snow on land

d)

Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive

8.

What is a till?

a)

Material deposited by meltwater from a glacier

b)

The sediments deposited directly by a glacier

c)

The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope

d)

A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind

9.

What is a delta?

a)

A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind

b)

A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt

c)

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

d)

A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier

10.

What is deposition?

a)

Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive

b)

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away

c)

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

d)

The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope