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WorksheetsInternal and external geological processes 3ºESO E
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Earthquakes, volcanoes, continents movements, mountains formation… are:
Internal geological processes
External geological processes
Non geological processes
Option 1 and 2 are correct
The atmosphere is a :
Internal geological process
External geological process
Isn´t a geological process
None of them are correct
The mechanical effect of disintegration of rocks with no chemical change is called:
Biological weathering
Erosion
Physical weathering
Chemical weathering
Is the wear down, rip off and mobilization of material produced by wind or water.
Meteorisation
Sedimentation
Transportation
Erosion
In the erosion. The more tilted the area is, the more erosion due to gravity. We are talking about:
Sum
Slope
Speed
Surface
It is the displacement or moving of the sediments (eroded material) from one place to another one. We speak about:
Meteorisation
Erosion
Transportation
Sedimentation
"Heaviest and irregular shaped particles creep along the ground when the agent is strong enough" This process is:
Saltation
Suspension
Sliding
Rolling
"The bigger and rounded particles roll on themselves when the agent is strong enough". We are speaking about:
Sliding
Saltation
Rolling
Suspension
The linear and barchane dunes are typical of:
Rocky deserts
Reg deserts
Erg desert
Badlands
What is this picture?
Natural arc
Taffoni
Mushroom shape rocks
Meandres
What is this picture?
Taffoni
Natural arc
A rock
Mushroom shaped rock
The Badlands are made of:
Taffoni
Gullies and ravines
Loess and Gullies
Taffoni and ravines
A hard rock isolated in soft sediment is eroded as:
Badlands
Hoodoo or fairy chimney
Gullies
Ravines
The polar ice cap retains:
90% of fresh water
80% of fresh water
85% of fresh water
75% of fresh water
What is this picture?
Glacier tongue
Morraine
Cirque glacier
Glaciar lake
"Non-sorted mixture of rock, gravel and boulders within a matrix of a fine powdery deposit from the glacier and exposed after it has retreated" This is a
Cirque glacier
Glacier tongue
Morraine
Glacier front
The attraction Moon-Earth provokes twice a day high and low...
Waves
Currents
Winds
Tides
The deep currents depend of:
Density
Pressure
Wind action
The atraction of the Moon-Earth
What is this picture?
Headland
Cliff
Bay
Spit
The ripple marks are created by:
Tides action
Waves action
The currents
The marine animals
What is this picture?
Spit
Tombolo
Barrier island and lagoon
Albufera
"A stream of water with fixed and stable course throughout the year" We are talking about
Sea currents
Rivers
Meandres
Torrents
The gorges, ravines or caynons are typical of:
Upper course
Middle course
Base course
None of them are correct
What is the translation in Spanish of "trough-shaped valley "?
Valle fluvial
Valle estrecho y profundo
Valle en artesa
Garganta
"cluster of sediments in triangular shape ("bird leg structure)". This is a:
Delta
Marisme
Estuary
Cone of abrasion
