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Soil and Landforms

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does water flow the fastest in a mountain stream?

a)

Mountains have the most water.

b)

Mountains have the steepest slope.

c)

Mountains have a longer distance.

d)

The water has to move around boulders.

2.

Which describes how landforms change quickly?

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

earthquakes

d)

freezing water

3.

Which are renewable natural resources?

a)

air

b)

water

c)

minerals

d)

animals

e)

oil

4.

Which are nonrenewable natural resources?

a)

trees

b)

natural gas

c)

water

d)

coal

e)

minerals

5.

Which landform is caused by deposition?

a)

valley

b)

arch

c)

delta

d)

canyon

6.

Chemical and physical weathering are both processes that

a)

dissolve rocks to form caves

b)

use water to move rocks

c)

change earth materials into different materials

d)

break earth materials into smaller pieces

7.

What are properties of soil?

a)

luster

b)

texture

c)

particle size of rock

d)

amount of humus

e)

hardness

8.

Freezing water is a weathering agent because water _________ when it freezes.

a)

expands

b)

contracts

9.

Abrasion causes rocks to break into smaller pieces which is an example of __________.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

10.

Pieces of rock moving down a mountain with melting snow is an example of ___________ .

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

11.

Sand carried by the wind and settling in create dunes is an example of _____________ .

a)

erosion

b)

weathering

c)

deposition

12.

What events change landforms quickly?

a)

earthquakes

b)

wind

c)

flash floods

d)

volcanoes