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Land forms of the Earth

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______________ is the wearing down of the rocks

a)

Weathering

b)

Abrasion

c)

Erosion

2.

A wider steeped valley with flat bottom

a)

U shaped valley

b)

Canyon

c)

I shaped Valley

3.

Raised river banks are called

a)

Levees

b)

Delta

c)

Corries

4.

The term meander has been derived form the winding river Meanderez of _______________.

a)

Tajikistan

b)

Turkey

c)

Greece

5.

Arm chair shaped basins in the mountains are called

a)

U shaped valley

b)

Corries

c)

Cirques

6.

Clay, sand, gravel etc deposited by a glacier as it melts

a)

Moraines

b)

Esturay

c)

Sea cliff

7.

More resistant hard rocks formed_________.

a)

Bays

b)

Stacks

c)

Headlands

8.

Another name of mushroom rocks

a)

Rock turbulence

b)

Rock pedestals

c)

Rock dune

9.

Gradation means

a)

Wearing down the land surface

b)

Deposition of eroded materials

c)

Leveling of the Earths surface

10.

Gradually sea caves get bigger and roof remains forming of _________.

a)

Stacks

b)

Stumps

c)

Arches

11.

What is a barchan?

a)

Crescent shaped sand dune

b)

Very big sand dune

c)

Delta shaped sand dune

12.

Find a suitable word - Cut off lake

a)

Natural levees lake

b)

Ox bow lake

c)

Distributaries

13.

Funnel shaped opening at the mouth of the river

a)

Esturay

b)

Delta

c)

Tributaries

14.

Another name of denudation

a)

Gradation

b)

Aggradation

c)

Degradation

15.

What is Gorge?

a)

A very deep and wide valley

b)

A very deep and narrow valley

c)

A flat wide valley