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Chapter 5: Earth's Changing Surface

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is feature A?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Meander

c)

Flood plain

d)

Bluff

2.

What is feature D?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Horn

c)

Plucking

d)

Delta

3.

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another is called _____.

a)

soil conservation

b)

deposition

c)

abrasion

d)

erosion

4.

A __________________________ is the sharpened peak formed from a glacier descending from the top of a mountain.

 

a)

Arete

b)

Horn

c)

Plucking

d)

Freezing and Thawing

5.

The process in which a glacier loosens and picks up rock as it moves is called ____________________.

a)

Abrasion

b)

Animal Activity

c)

Plucking

d)

Conservation

6.

Landslides, mudflows, slump, and creep are all examples of _____.

a)

mechanical weathering

b)

runoff

c)

mass movement

d)

soil formation

7.

Glaciers can only form when _____.

a)

there is an ice age

b)

there is a U-shaped valley in the mountains

c)

the amount of snow exceeds the amount of rain

d)

more snow falls than melts

8.

A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till is known as a(an) _____.

a)

arete

b)

cirque

c)

fiord

d)

kettle

9.

The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called _____.

a)

erosion

b)

cracking and peeling

c)

abrasion

d)

ice wedging

10.

What is feature B?

a)

Delta

b)

Meander

c)

Oxbow Lake

d)

Dune

11.

Mass movement is caused by?

a)

plucking and abrasion

b)

gravity

c)

chemical weathering

12.

A stream or river that runs into another stream or river is called a _____.

a)

tributary

b)

meander

c)

turbulent stream

d)

gully

13.

A river flowing across a wide flood plain begins to form looplike bends called _____.

a)

rills

b)

meanders

c)

outside curves

d)

deltas

14.

Deltas are built up by__________

a)

deposition

b)

leaching

c)

abrasion

d)

erosion

15.

The process by which wind removes surface materials is called _____.

a)

abrasion

b)

plucking

c)

deflation

d)

inflation

16.

The process in which rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and then are carried away when the glacier moves is called _____.

a)

plucking

b)

surging

c)

valley widening

d)

abrasion

17.

A(n) _____ is evidence that an area was once covered by a glacier.

a)

loess deposits

b)

V-shaped Valley

c)

U-Shaped Valley

d)

alluvial fan

18.

A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till is known as a(an)

a)

arete

b)

cirque

c)

fiord

d)

kettle

19.

_____ weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change.

a)

Mechanical

b)

Permeable

c)

Ionic

d)

Chemical

20.

The most important factors in determining the rate of weathering are _____.

a)

carbon dioxide and acid rain

b)

abrasion and acids

c)

animal actions and oxygen

d)

rock type and climate

21.

Soil that is rich in humus has high _____.

a)

fertility

b)

water content

c)

sand content

d)

clay content

22.

The practice of plowing fields along the curves of a slope is called _____.

a)

drought plowing

b)

contour plowing

c)

no-till plowing

d)

sod plowing

23.

A _________________________ is a cone-shaped deposit of calcite that builds up on the floor of a cave.

a)

Kettle

b)

Stalagmite

c)

Meander

d)

Stalactite

24.

A kind of glacier called a(an) ____________________ forms when ice and snow build up in a mountain valley.   

a)

Continental Glacier

b)

Coastal Glacier

c)

Plateau Glacier

d)

Valley Glacier

25.

The process in which a glacier loosens and picks up rock as it moves is called ____________________.

a)

Deposition

b)

Freezing and Thawing

c)

Plucking

d)

Animal Actions

26.

A __________________________ is the sharpened peak formed from a glacier descending from the top of a mountain.

a)

Fiord

b)

Horn

c)

Hanging Valley

d)

Drumlin

27.

What feature is C?

a)

Kettle Lake

b)

U-Shaped Valley

c)

Oxbow Lake

d)

Meander