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WEATHERING, EROSION, DEPOSITION

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______________________ takes it.

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion.

2.

When everything stops ________ drops.

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion.

3.

_____________________ happens when rocks on Earth's surface break apart or change without moving anywhere.

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

4.

_______________ moves material from one place to another.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

5.

_____________________ is the movement of soil and rock by wind, water, ice, and gravity.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

6.
Plants usually break open small cracks in rocks with their
a)
seeds
b)
roots
c)
branches
d)
pollen
7.
Which causes chemical weathering?
a)
acids and oxygen
b)
water, wind and gravity
c)
abrasion
d)
root and ice wedging
8.

Eroded materials are called _______________________.

a)

constructive

b)

chemical weathering

c)

sediments

9.

This is an example of _____________________________.

a)

physical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

10.

Waves crashing against a cliff is an example of __________________________ weathering. This is also known as the breaking of rock into smaller pieces by gravity, ice, plant roots, or other factors.

a)

physical

b)

chemical

11.

In the pictures below, choose a picture that shows physical weathering of rock that has abrasion caused by wind.

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

What are glaciers?

a)

They are winding rivers that carry sediment to a delta

b)

They are waves that constantly crash against the shoreline.

c)

are huge masses of ice that move slowly over land.

d)

They are sand dunes that form from wind depositing sediments.

13.

This plant's roots have grown into gaps in the rock - forcing the rock to break apart. What type of weathering has occurred?

a)

chemical weathering

b)

physical weathering

14.
Mounds of wind-deposited sand in deserts and on shorelines are
a)
sea arches
b)
sea stacks
c)
dunes
d)
cliffs
15.

Which process broke this hole in the arch?

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion.

16.

Which process caused this delta to be left at the end of the river?

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion.

17.

 Which process caused the sand dune to form here and not somewhere else?

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion.

18.

Extreme temperature changes in the desert cause the rock to expand and contract and eventually split.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

19.

Small islands made of sediment called deltas form at the end of rivers

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

20.

Sand dunes are large piles of sand that can be found in the desert. What causes these sand dunes to form?

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

ice

d)

volcanoes

21.

Besides moving water, what other forces cause erosion?

a)

wind salt gravity

b)

wind ice gravity

c)

wind animals storms

22.

A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

a)

warm air melted the rock

b)

sun rays evaporated the rock

c)

ocean waves washed away rock

d)

plant roots pushed away the rock

23.

When sediments are taken away by erosion and dropped somewhere else, it is ____________

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Weathering

24.

 Lily's family went to the beach over the summer. While there, Lily noticed that the rocks closer to the water’s edge were smooth, and the rocks farther away from the water were rough and jagged. What MOST likely caused the rocks closer to the water to be smooth?

a)

birds pecking at the rocks

b)

fish swimming over the rocks

c)

waves crashing down on the rocks

d)

people walking over the rocks to get to the water

25.

Water mixed with carbon forming carbonic acid that eats away at marble and limestone.

a)

mechanical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

26.

Canyons are formed by

a)

earthquakes breaking rock layers apart.

b)

wind smoothing out rock formations.

c)

lava flowing from nearby volcanoes.

d)

rivers carrying sediments that weather and erode land.

27.

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water

a)

keeps the rocks in place

b)

expands cracks and breaks rocks

c)

makes the rocks last longer

d)

causes rocks to fall in landslides

28.

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Decomposition

29.

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

a)

forming new land features.

b)

breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

c)

washing away beaches.

d)

moving topsoil.

30.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
Deposition
b)
Landslide
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
31.

What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

a)

Waves

b)

Gravity

c)

Glaciers

d)

Wind

32.

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

a)

A glacier

b)

An iceberg

c)

An ice wedge

d)

A sand dune

33.

How do plants weather rocks?

a)

During photosynthesis

b)

When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.

c)

When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.

d)

Plants don't weather rocks.

34.

Which of the following is NOT a slow change to Earth's surface?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Landslides

35.

What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Glaciers

d)

Weathering

36.
What caused the edges of these rocks to become smooth?
a)
rocks bumping and scraping against each other in a river
b)
ice scraping from a glacier
c)
sand blowing in the wind
d)
plants growing roots
37.
What is the small broken down pieces of rock called?
a)
dirt
b)
grime
c)
sediment
d)
popcorn
38.

Rocks being picked up and carried downstream is an example of ____________.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

39.

What does W.E.D. stand for?

a)

winter, eastern, demolition

b)

weathering, erosion, deposition

c)

weathering, exposition, demolition

d)

western, eastern, deposition

40.

This landform is formed by

a)

water erosion

b)

weathering

c)

deposition of sediments

d)

glaciers