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3.7B & 5.7B Changes to Earth (Rapid and Slow) Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

features on the earth's surface, changed by wind, water, and ice.

a)

landforms

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

d)

sediments

2.

wind, water and ice

a)

landforms

b)

3 agents of change

c)

deposition

d)

sediments

3.

the breaking down of rock into sediment by wind, water or ice

a)

sand dune

b)

depositon

c)

erosion

d)

weathering

4.

the moving of sediment by wind, water or ice

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

depositon

d)

sediments

5.

the dropping off of sediment in a new location after being moved or eroded by wind, water or ice

a)

deposiotion

b)

landforms

c)

3 agents of change

d)

sediments

6.

tiny pieces of rock and other inorganic matter, loose materials such as grain and rock fragments, ex: sand, mud, silt, sea shells

a)

ice/frost wedging

b)

sand dune

c)

sediments

d)

delta

7.

weathering caused when water enters cracks in the rocks, freezes, expands and breaks rocks.

a)

sand dune

b)

delta

c)

canyon

d)

ice/frost wedging

8.

hills formed by the wind blowing and depositing sand

a)

sand dune

b)

ice/frost wedging

c)

sediments

d)

canyon

9.

a triangle shaped landform created by water depositing sediments at the mouth of a river

a)

sand dune

b)

delta

c)

canyon

d)

U-shaped valley

10.

a long deep narrow gorge in the surface of the earth formed by erosion of sediments by water in a flowing river

a)

U-shaped valley

b)

delta

c)

canyon

d)

glacier

11.

formed in between mountains by the erosion of a glacier (ice)

a)

earthquake

b)

U-shaped valley

c)

glacier

d)

glacier

12.

a large (huge) mass of ice that moves slowly over land

a)

glacier

b)

earthquake

c)

volcano

d)

delta

13.

a sudden shaking of the ground

a)

island

b)

earthquake

c)

mountains

d)

canyon

14.

a mountain or hill with a crater or vent through which lava, water vapor and gas erupt from the earth's surface.

a)

tsunami

b)

island

c)

volcano

d)

earthquake

15.

a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.

a)

tsunami

b)

island

c)

volcano

d)

earthquake

16.

new land surrounded by water that is created by the deposition of rock from volcanic eruptions

a)

island

b)

earthquake

c)

volcano

d)

erosion

17.

formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards

a)

island

b)

weathering

c)

canyon

d)

mountain

18.

a deep, hollowed-out area under ground caused by the erosion by water

a)

sand dune

b)

valley

c)

cave

d)

mountain