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Erosion and deposition by Glaciers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the force that moves glaciers?
a)
ice
b)
wind
c)
gravity
d)
energy
2.
What are two kinds of glaciers?
a)
moraine and continental
b)
continental and alpine
c)
valley and mountain
d)
till and stratified drft
3.
a group of loose rocks falling down a slope
a)
mudflow
b)
mass movement
c)
creep
d)
rock fall
4.

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—

a)

keeps the rocks in place.

b)

makes the rocks last longer.

c)

expands cracks and breaks rocks.

d)

causes rocks to fall in landslides.

5.

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Decomposition

6.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
Deposition
b)
Landslide
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
7.

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

a)

A glacier

b)

An iceberg

c)

An ice wedge

d)

A sand dune

8.
Weathering and erosion are the same thing.
a)
True
b)
False
9.

A farmer's topsoil is blown away during a hurricane is an example of ___________.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

10.

Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form terminal moraines

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

11.
What type of Weathering is caused by animal actions?
a)
Chemical Weathering 
b)
Erosion 
c)
Mechanical Weathering 
d)
Animals 
12.
Acid rain is most likely to cause...
a)
deposition
b)
glaciers to move
c)
chemical weathering
d)
mechanical weathering
13.
Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.
a)
forming new land features
b)
breaking down large rocks into smaller ones
c)
washing away beaches
d)
severely draining topsoil
14.
What is the process of breaking things down called?
a)
composition
b)
compression
c)
erosion
15.
What type of weathering does this image display?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
16.
What type of weathering does this image display?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
17.
What type of weathering does this image display?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
18.

Weathering is the breaking down of rock into ___________.

a)

boulders

b)

sediment

c)

ice

d)

mountains

19.

The dropping off of sediments in a new place is called __________.

a)

weathering

b)

deposition

c)

sedimentary rock

d)

drop off zone

20.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of weathering, erosion, and deposition?

a)

Wind

b)

ice

c)

fire

d)

water