WorksheetsUnit 6 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 2hrs 52mins
delta
canyon
cave
sand dune
water
wind
glaciers
mud
Both are formed by the movement of glaciers.
Both are formed by water eroding sediments.
Both are formed by wind weathering rocks.
Both are formed be deposition of sediments.
Which of the following describes deposition
due to water?
A river breaks rock into small pieces.
Strong waves crash against rock, breaking off
sediments.
Wind blew sand and deposited them in the
formation of a sand dune.
Water in a river slowed and dropped off
sediments to form a delta.
Which image best shows the movement of
sediments from one place to another?
Which image best shows the movement of
sediments from one place to another?
Which table correctly identifies the agents of
change for the corresponding landforms?
The process in which rock is broken down into
smaller pieces is –
erosion
weathering
deposition
compaction
landslide
u shaped valley
sand dune
canyon
What would cause a U-shaped valley in a canyon?
Wind erosion
Slow moving glacier
Rain water
Ocean waves
How did the delta at the end of the Rio Grande form?
Sand and mud from the Gulf of Mexico were washed ashore by tsunamis
The river cut through the solid bedrock of the valley.
Hurricanes pushed soil and debris from the Gulf of Mexico onto the land.
The river deposited large amounts of sediment from land erosion.
The Grand Canyon is more than 400 km long and in some places almost 2 km deep. Which model best represents the main process that formed the Grand Canyon?
The photograph shows a canyon in Northern Arizona. Which of these describes how this canyon was most likely formed?
Floods eroded the sandstone away from the canyon walls
Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as they melted and moved
Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon walls
Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls
Which list best describes a landslide?
A wide U - shaped valley is shown in the photograph. This valley was most likely formed by -
Flash flooding
A glacier
A hurricane
Melting snow
