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Landforms: Changing Land 4.14 & 4.15

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The breakdown of solid materials into very small

particles by water, air, and natural events

a)

Vegetation

b)

Erosion

c)

Soil

d)

Weathering

2.

What is erosion?

a)

the force that pulls objects toward each other

b)

to drop

c)

the wearing away of rock

d)

the movement of rock and soil from one place to another

3.

What is a landform?

a)

to drop

b)

the wearing away of rock

c)

a natural feature of Earth's surface

4.

What does deposit mean?

a)

to drop

b)

the wearing away of rock

c)

a natural feature of Earth's surface

5.

Which of these forces causes weathering and erosion?

a)

water

b)

ice

c)

wind

d)

all of the above

6.
What type of erosion caused the Grand Canyon?
a)
solid
b)
water
c)
ice
d)
clouds
7.

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

weathering

d)

whooshing

8.

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

breaking

9.

Which of these examples is deposition?

a)

wind blowing sand

b)

sand that was dropped on the beach by waves

c)

pebbles falling downhill due to gravity

d)

a tree root breaking a rock

10.

This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

11.

How is this delta formed?

a)

flowing river water eroded the soil at the mouth of the river

b)

flowing river water carried the soil and deposited it at the mouth of the river

c)

wind pushed soil from the land and deposited it at the mouth of the river

d)

water pressure pushed soil from the land and deposited it at the mouth of the river

12.

Volcanoes, landslides, and earthquakes are examples of __________ changes to Earth's surface.

a)

rapid

b)

slow

c)

gradual

d)

slight

13.
An earthquake is - 
a)
crust through which lava escapes
b)
a sudden movement in the Earth's crust
c)
a kind of chemical weathering that changes the Earth
d)
a huge wave that washes over the Earth
14.

A rapid change is a change that happens...

a)

slowly.

b)

hot.

c)

cold.

d)

quickly.

15.
What land form is land completely surrounded by water?
a)
plain
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
island
16.
A place on the earths surface that is much higher than the land around it?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
canyon
d)
mountain
17.
What land form is this?
a)
island
b)
valley
c)
plain
d)
mountain
18.

How is this delta formed?

a)

flowing river water eroded the soil at the mouth of the river

b)

flowing river water carried the soil and deposited it at the mouth of the river

c)

wind pushed soil from the land and deposited it at the mouth of the river

d)

water pressure pushed soil from the land and deposited it at the mouth of the river

19.

The cycle of freezing and thawing cause weathering and erosion?

a)

true

b)

false