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Changes to Earth's Surface part 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name an example of a force that would change the earth's surface...

a)

Running water

b)

wind

c)

hard rains

d)

volcanic eruptions

2.

Choose the images that best shows hurricane winds breaking down rocks and carrying sediment away...

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Destructive forces are processes…

a)

build up the earth's surface

b)

tearing down the earth's surface

c)

both answers are correct

d)

no correct answer

4.

 What are constructive forces?

a)

add sediment to existing areas of land

b)

 build up Earth's crust,

c)

 destroys all landforms

d)

create new landforms,

5.

Name a way that tectonic forces can be constructive at a 

Convergent boundary ? 

a)

when they tear down sand dunes

b)

When they form  mountains

c)

when they destruct volcanoes with violent eruption

d)

when rock is weathered

6.

THE CREATION OF CRUST AT A MID OCEAN RIDGE IS CONSIDERED TO BE WHAT KIND OF A FORCE

a)

CONSTRUCTIVE

b)

DESTRUCTIVE

c)

JEDI

d)

HORSE

7.

Explain why a Delta is a constructive landforms...

a)

at the end of a stream no sediment was deposited

b)

because sediment was eroded and never deposited

c)

because sediment is being moved, deposited and built up by erosion

d)

because sediment wasn't being moved or built up at all

8.

 How can tectonic forces can be constructive at a 

Convergent boundary ? By forming, (a)   . These landforms are best made by plates that are the same density. Each dash will take a letter.

9.

When do Volcanoes act as constructive forces?

a)

when they violently erupt

b)

they never do

c)

when they pour out magma and burn houses

d)

when they have outpourings and create lava plateaus

10.

Match the following

a)
1.

wind

b)
2.

glaciers

c)
3.

tectonic activity

11.

What is sediment ? ( choose all answers that apply)

a)

Sediment is solid material that is moved and deposited in a new location.

b)

Sediment can consist of rocks and minerals, as well as the remains of plants and animals

c)

It can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a boulder.

d)

Sediment moves from one place to another through the process of erosion.

12.

How can wind in a hurricane can be constructive? 

a)

when they weather beach rocks

b)

when they create sand dunes by deposition on beaches

c)

when they erode sand from beaches

d)

when they cause huge winds that destroy buildings

13.

Which answers show Volcanoes acting as constructive forces...

a)

volcano creating an island

b)
c)
d)

vocano with a violent eruption as in second pic from the left