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Weathering & Erosion: Guess Which Type!

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After a week of instruction and studying (hopefully), how educated do you feel you are on the topics of Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition?

a)

I've missed out on some instruction or I just kind of struggle with this.

b)

I understand how most of it works, but I get the vocabulary mixed up.

c)

I'm starting to understand most everything.

d)

This stuff is really fun and easy for me.

2.

What type of erosion do you think caused this formation?

a)

Water Erosion

b)

Glacier Erosion

c)

Wind Erosion

d)

Effects of Gravity

3.

Which type of weathering is this?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Chemical

c)

Deposition

d)

Glacial

4.

This image is from Glacier Bay in Alaska. Glaciers are an example of what?

a)

erosion by ice

b)

erosion by wind

c)

erosion by water

d)

erosion by gravity

5.

What type of weathering most likely broke this rock?

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Frost/Ice Wedging

c)

Plant Root Growth

d)

Sandblasting

6.

What do you think is the major force that created this sinkhole?

a)

Gravity

b)

Weak rock/underground water

c)

River widened and broke the bridge

d)

Sand Dunes

7.

What is most likely the cause of this broken road?

a)

Sea Waves crashing against it

b)

Underground water washed it out

c)

Sandblasting

d)

Plant Root Growth

8.

What most likely caused this rock to break?

a)

Plant root growth

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Frost/Ice Wedging

d)

Glacier Movement

9.

What 2 factors most likely cause this formation?

a)

Waves & Plant Root Growth

b)

Underground water & Glacier movement

c)

Frost/Ice Wedging & Waves

d)

Plant Root Growth & Glacier Movement

10.

What type of weathering most likely caused these pot holes in the road?

a)

Running Water/Abrasion

b)

Underground water/weak roads

c)

Sand Blasting/Wind

d)

Frost/Ice Wedging

11.

What type of weathering most likely cause these rounded rocks?

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Frost/Ice Wedging

c)

Glacier Movement

d)

Abrasion/Running Water

12.

What most likely weathered this statue?

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Frost/Ice Wedging

c)

Sand blasting

d)

Glacier movement

13.

What most likely weathered this Sphinx statue?

a)

Glacier Movement

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Underground water

d)

Sandblasting

14.

This U-Shaped valley is an example of

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering & Erosion

d)

Neither

15.

What causes sand dunes pile up?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Underground Water

c)

Glacier Movement

d)

Wind Erosion

16.

In this image is something called a Slump. What do you think caused it?

a)

An earthquake struck in the nearby area

b)

Acid Rain loosened the grass roots

c)

Plant Root Growth

d)

Excess rain loosened the soil, gravity pulled it downward

17.

What caused the Grand Canyon to form?

a)

Frost/Ice Wedging

b)

Moving water/Erosion

c)

Glacier movement

d)

Acid Rain

18.

This sinkhole opened up in Nixa in 2006. What most likely caused it?

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Underground water

c)

Wind Erosion

d)

Coastal Erosion

19.

This river is extremely muddy. It turns that color when it's been very rainy. This river is an example of what?

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Neither

d)

Acid rain

20.

This rock has been split because of Ice Wedging. Ice Wedging is an example of what process?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Mechanical Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

None of these

21.

This picture was taken at Arches National Park. What most likely caused this formation?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Wind Erosion

d)

Glacial Erosion