WorksheetsErosion
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
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1.
Water carrying sediment down a hill is an example of...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
2.
What is erosion?
a)
The movement of rocks
b)
The breaking of rocks
c)
The dropping of rocks
3.
Which of these is an example of erosion?
a)
Light shinning onto a mountain
b)
Rain breaking down rock
c)
Wind blowing away sediment
d)
All of the above
4.
What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?
a)
Ice wedging
b)
Glacier
c)
Iceberg
d)
Dune
5.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
6.
A small stream or other source of flowing water cannot form a canyon?
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Which term BEST describes the rate at which glacial erosion takes place?
a)
Quick
b)
Short
c)
Slow
d)
Sudden
8.
The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
faults
9.
What is loose materials?
a)
the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
b)
bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
c)
the top layer of the soil
d)
decaying plant or animal material
10.
The diagrams shows a natural process that weathers rock.
Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
a)
frozen water acts as a solute
b)
water expands when it freezes
c)
the mass of water increases when it freezes
d)
frozen water dissolves most types of rock
11.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
d)
Plants don't weather rocks
12.
Which agents break down earth materials?
a)
wind only
b)
earthquakes and gravity
c)
ice and 007
d)
wind, water, and ice
13.
the breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes
a)
chemical weathering
b)
mechanical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
deposition
14.
Which of the following is NOT an element of erosion?
a)
Water
b)
Wind
c)
Ice
d)
Electrical Current
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