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Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The BREAKING DOWN into small pieces of rock or sand

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

2.

The MOVEMENT of small pieces of rock or sand

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

3.

The PILING UP or dropping of small pieces of rock or sand.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

4.

What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

5.

What is the process of pressing sediments together?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

6.

What is the process of gluing sediments together?

a)

Weathering

b)

Cementation

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

7.

What is sediment?

a)

the process of rocks being broken down and carried away

b)

the top layer of the soil

c)

bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks

d)

decaying plant or animal material

8.

Which of these is an example of erosion?

a)

Light shinning onto a mountain

b)

Wind blowing away sediment

c)

Rain breaking down rock

d)

All of the above

9.

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

a)

keeps the rocks in place

b)

expands cracks and breaks rocks

c)

makes the rocks last longer

d)

causes rocks to fall in landslides

10.

Which agents break down earth materials?

a)

wind only

b)

ice and 007

c)

earthquakes and gravity

d)

wind, water, and ice

11.

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

a)

Ice Wedging

b)

Iceberg

c)

Glaicer

d)

Dune

12.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside and dropping it in a new place

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

13.

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

14.

How do plants in the soil affect how fast erosion happens?

a)

It doesn't affect erosion.

b)

It speeds up erosion.

c)

It slows down erosion.

15.

How do plants weather rocks?

a)

during photosynthesis

b)

when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves

c)

when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock

d)

Plants don't weather rocks

16.

The diagrams shows a natural process that weathers rock.

Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?

a)

frozen water acts as a solute

b)

the mass of water increases when it freezes

c)

water expands when it freezes

d)

frozen water dissolves most types of rock

17.

Which of the following was formed through erosion?

a)

Eiffel Tower

b)

The Grand Canyon

c)

Sand Dunes

18.

What landform is created by ice

a)

Sand Dune

b)

Fjord

c)

Delta

19.

What is this landform

a)

Delta

b)

Rock Arch

c)

Gorge

20.

What is this landform

a)

Canyon

b)

Rock Arch

c)

Beach

21.

How might this landform be created

a)

Water

b)

Wind

c)

Ice

22.

What landform is this

a)

Beach

b)

Canyon

c)

Sand Dune

23.

What is this landform

a)

Rock Arch

b)

Fjord

c)

Sand Dune

24.

How are these sand dunes created

a)

Water

b)

Wind

c)

Ice

25.

What is this landform

a)

Canyon

b)

Gorge

c)

Delta

26.

A body of moving water

a)

gorge

b)

canyon

c)

river

27.

What landforms are created by ice

a)

Beach

b)

U-Shaped Valley

c)

Fjord

d)

Sand Dune

28.

Which landforms are created by wind

a)

sand dunes

b)

rock arches

c)

mesa

d)

delta

29.

What is this landform

a)

Canyon

b)

Mesa

c)

Hill

30.

How is this landform created?

a)

Ice

b)

Water

c)

Wind