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L11 Changing Earth's Surface: Fast & Curious

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An acid that forms from the result of water mixing with carbon dioxide gas in the air or soil.

a)

Mechanical

b)

Ice Wedging

c)

Roots

d)

Chemical

e)

Carbonic Acid

2.

The process when water and oxygen combine to form rust.

a)

Mechanical

b)

Oxidation

c)

Desert

d)

Tropical

e)

Carbonic Acid

3.
What is sediment?
a)
a chemical reaction
b)
tiny pieces of weathered rock carried by wind or water
c)
pollution
4.
What is mechanical weathering?
a)
Process through which rocks are physically broken into smaller pieces.
b)
Rocks are broken down through chemical changes.
c)
Rocks are worn away from acid in plant roots.
d)
Rocks broken down by machinery.
5.

Chemical weathering is

a)

caused by living things, like plants and animals

b)

caused by chemical processes like acid rain & carbonic acid

c)

caused by force, like pressure, pushing, and crashing

6.

burrowing animals break down sediments and rock in the soil (mechanical weathering)

a)

freezing and thawing

b)

animal actions

c)

abrasion

d)

plant growth

7.

the mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth’s surface over time and weaken the rock.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Lithification

8.

What is groundwater?

a)

A large, slowly moving body of ice and snow

b)

Water that flows over the ground surface

c)

Water stored below earth's surface

d)

An icicle-shaped formation that hangs from the ceilings of a cave.

9.

Which word describes the upward growing mound of mineral deposits on a cave floor?

a)

Stalactites

b)

Stalagmites

c)

Sinkholes

d)

Sandbars

10.

the BREAKDOWN of rock into smaller pieces of the same rock without any change in its composition

a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
deposition
11.

the process of WEARING DOWN by friction - like sand blasting

a)

exfoliation

b)

abrasion

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

12.

the process in which sediment particles are picked up and MOVED from one place to another

a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
deposition
13.

the part of the erosion process in which sediment travels to a new location and is laid down or DROPPED OFF

a)
chemical weathering
b)
mechanical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
deposition
14.
A mass of ice that covers a large area and moves slowly
a)
gravity
b)
glacier
c)
sediment
15.
What is the landform made when rivers deposit sediment where they meet the ocean?
a)
delta
b)
terminal moraine
c)
sediment load
d)
flood plain
16.

These features form when ground water evaporates and leaves mineral deposits behind on the ceiling of a cave.

a)

stalagmites

b)

stalactites

c)

kettles

d)

moraine

17.

Plucking is an erosion from...

a)

rivers

b)

gravity

c)

wind

d)

glaciers

18.

What is unsorted material deposited by a glacier?

a)

Till

b)

Erratics

c)

Stratified Drift

d)

Erosion

19.

These form when a chunk of ice breaks off a glacier, gets covered in outwash, and then melts.

a)

Kettles

b)

Outwash Plains

c)

Potholes

d)

Buttes

20.

What is the landform of sediment left behind from melted glaciers?

a)

delta

b)

moraine

c)

sediment load

d)

flood plain