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WorksheetsWeathering & Erosion: Guess Which Type!
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
After a week of instruction and studying (hopefully), how educated do you feel you are on the topics of Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition?
I've missed out on some instruction or I just kind of struggle with this.
I understand how most of it works, but I get the vocabulary mixed up.
I'm starting to understand most everything.
This stuff is really fun and easy for me.
What type of erosion do you think caused this formation?
Water Erosion
Glacier Erosion
Wind Erosion
Effects of Gravity
Which type of weathering is this?
Mechanical
Chemical
Deposition
Glacial
This image is from Glacier Bay in Alaska. Glaciers are an example of what?
erosion by ice
erosion by wind
erosion by water
erosion by gravity
What type of weathering most likely broke this rock?
Acid Rain
Frost/Ice Wedging
Plant Root Growth
Sandblasting
What do you think is the major force that created this sinkhole?
Gravity
Weak rock/underground water
River widened and broke the bridge
Sand Dunes
What is most likely the cause of this broken road?
Sea Waves crashing against it
Underground water washed it out
Sandblasting
Plant Root Growth
What most likely caused this rock to break?
Plant root growth
Acid Rain
Frost/Ice Wedging
Glacier Movement
What 2 factors most likely cause this formation?
Waves & Plant Root Growth
Underground water & Glacier movement
Frost/Ice Wedging & Waves
Plant Root Growth & Glacier Movement
What type of weathering most likely caused these pot holes in the road?
Running Water/Abrasion
Underground water/weak roads
Sand Blasting/Wind
Frost/Ice Wedging
What type of weathering most likely cause these rounded rocks?
Acid Rain
Frost/Ice Wedging
Glacier Movement
Abrasion/Running Water
What most likely weathered this statue?
Acid Rain
Frost/Ice Wedging
Sand blasting
Glacier movement
What most likely weathered this Sphinx statue?
Glacier Movement
Acid Rain
Underground water
Sandblasting
This U-Shaped valley is an example of
Weathering
Erosion
Weathering & Erosion
Neither
What causes sand dunes pile up?
Chemical Weathering
Underground Water
Glacier Movement
Wind Erosion
In this image is something called a Slump. What do you think caused it?
An earthquake struck in the nearby area
Acid Rain loosened the grass roots
Plant Root Growth
Excess rain loosened the soil, gravity pulled it downward
What caused the Grand Canyon to form?
Frost/Ice Wedging
Moving water/Erosion
Glacier movement
Acid Rain
This sinkhole opened up in Nixa in 2006. What most likely caused it?
Acid Rain
Underground water
Wind Erosion
Coastal Erosion
This river is extremely muddy. It turns that color when it's been very rainy. This river is an example of what?
Erosion
Weathering
Neither
Acid rain
This rock has been split because of Ice Wedging. Ice Wedging is an example of what process?
Chemical Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
Erosion
None of these
This picture was taken at Arches National Park. What most likely caused this formation?
Earthquake
Acid Rain
Wind Erosion
Glacial Erosion
