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WED and landforms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a

a)

Sea Arch

b)

Dune

c)

Delta

d)

Beach

2.

A canyon is???

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

An example of a landform

a)

Soil

b)

Water

c)

Sand

d)

Plateau

4.

Deposition- When soil, sand, rock, and silt are ______ by rivers, wind, or glaciers.

a)

Deposited

b)

left alone

c)

eaten

d)

picked up

5.

Erosion is not caused by______

a)

Water

b)

Wind

c)

Ice

d)

Imagination

6.

Weathering is

a)

is the breaking down of rocks, soils, and minerals through Earth's natural process

b)

Raining

c)

Bad Weather

d)

is a short process

7.

Which is a landform?

a)

Hill

b)

Car

c)

House

d)

School

8.

Which is a landform?

a)

Ice

b)

Soil

c)

Sand

d)

Sea Arch

9.

Deltas are created when sediment is deposited at the mouth of a river. Which process is this?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

sand dunes

10.

Water freezing in a crack, melting, and refreezing again is an example of ____________?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

11.
What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Glaciers
12.
Deposition changes the Earth’s surface because eroded materials _____.
a)
stop the river's flow
b)
make rich farmlands
c)
are dropped in new places
d)
move very slowly
13.

Erosion-

a)

breaks it

b)

takes (carries) it

c)

drops it

d)

smells it

14.
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
15.

Deposition-

a)

breaks it

b)

takes (carries) it

c)

drops it

d)

eats it