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WorksheetsEarth Science Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 46mins
Which process is mostly responsible for the breaking down of the rock cliff into sand-sized sediment?
faulting
weathering
precipitation
metamorphosis
The process of breaking down rock by natural means.
weathering
erosion
jetty
deposition
Dr. Horn is a seismologist. Which of these does dr. Horn study and predict?
Erosion
Climate
Earthquakes
Rocks
Which process causes some beaches to get smaller?
Beach nourishment
Erosion
Sea Walls
Deposition
Which one forms from material deposited by wind?
Dune
Delta
Moraine
Floodplain
Which one is NOT a way to control floods?
Building of dams
Building of levees
Beach nourishment
Storm drain management
Over time, lava that flows out of a volcano
can form mountains.
can form moraines.
can form faults.
can freeze into ice.
Which of these can help stop soil erosion?
Terracing
Building Dams
Jetty
Groin
What type of process most likely created the mountain chain seen here?
Volcanic eruptions created the mountains over millions of years.
Tectonic plates pushed together forcing one plate under the other and then pushing the land upward.
Earthquakes broke the earth into pieces and parts of it fell into cracks between faults.
A river flowed through the land and created the valleys between the mountains making them appear taller.
An instrument that records movement of tectonic plates
Seismograph
Histogram
Earthquakes
Microscope
