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Topic 6 Lesson 4

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A gigantic mass of moving ice

a)

glacial drift

b)

stratified drift

c)

till

d)

glacier

2.

All ice and snow on Earth.

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Cryosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Geosphere

3.

What is it called when large sheets of ice and glaciers cover most of the earths surface?

a)

Winter

b)

Summer

c)

Climate Change

d)

Ice Age

4.

_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock picked up by the glacier

a)

Plucking

b)

Abrasion

c)

Weathering

d)

Erosion

5.

A valley glacier generally forms in mountainous areas

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The image shows a...

a)

continental glacier

b)

valley glacier

7.

unsorted rock material (large and small rocks) deposited directly by a glacier as it melts

a)

glacial drift

b)

stratified drift

c)

till

d)

glacier

8.

Waves ERODE the land by

a)

picking up sediment like sand and gravel

b)

abrasion

c)

impact

d)

all of the above

9.

Over time the waves may erode a small hollow area in a part of a rock called a

a)

sea cave

b)

sea arch

c)

beach

d)

non of the above

10.

When waves erode softer a layer of softer rock and becomes completely hollowed through

a)

sea cave

b)

sea arch

c)

beach

d)

none of the above

11.

What is longshore drift?

a)

The movement of sediment down the beach.

b)

A pebble drifting slowly into the sea.

c)

When a beach is really long and people sleep on it.