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Weathering Erosion Deposition Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of what?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

2.

Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of what?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

3.

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone are examples of what?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Mechanical Weathering

4.

____________________________ destroy and wear away landmasses, not typically creating new landforms.

a)

Kettles

b)

Deltas

c)

Constructive forces

d)

Destructive forces

5.

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart is an examples of what?

a)

Mechanical Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Chemical Weathering

6.

The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

jackhammering

7.

Unsorted rock material deposited directly by glaciers as it melts

a)

glacial drift

b)

stratified drift

c)

till

d)

glacier

8.

The till deposited at the edge of a glacier forms a ridge called a _______________

a)

moraine

b)

drumline

c)

horn

d)

ice age

9.
When a glacier retreats and large, partially buried, ice chunks are left behind to melt, these are formed:
a)
Moraine
b)
Prairie pothole
c)
Kettle Lake
d)
Fjord
10.

Forms when a flowing glacier scoops out an area between two mountains.

a)

U-Shaped Valley

b)

Fjord

c)

Kettle

d)

Moraine

11.

A _____ is a meandering narrow ridge formed when water, flowing in a tunnel underneath a melting glacier, deposited sediment

a)

erratic

b)

moraine

c)

esker

d)

fjords

12.
A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.
a)
drumlin
b)
esker
c)
moraine
d)
erratic
13.

When a mass of material slips down along a curved surface, often, when a slope becomes too steep, the base material can no longer support the rock and sediment above it

a)

Mudflow

b)

Slump

c)

Creep

d)

Rock fall

14.

Occurs when sediments slowly shift their positions downhill. ____________________________ is common in areas of frequent freezing and thawing. Examples of this are curved fences on the side of inclined land.

a)

Slump

b)

Hillside Creep

c)

Rockslide

d)

Mudflow

15.

Materials deposited by the meltwater of a glacier, most often beyond the end of a glacier

a)

Abrasion

b)

Meltwater

c)

Outwash

d)

Esker

16.

When windblown sediment strikes rock, and the surface of the rock is scraped and worn away _____________ has occurred.

a)

Erosion

b)

Till

c)

Abrasion

d)

Deposition

17.
A "V" shaped valley is formed by ______ erosion.
a)
wind
b)
water
c)
glacial (ice)
18.

Yesterday, this sand dune was not here. After a huge sandstorm, the sand dune appeared. What natural process is this an example of?

a)

Constructive Forces

b)

Destructive Forces

c)

Erosion

d)

Landslide

19.

Deltas are built by the process of ______________.

a)

deposition

b)

leaching

c)

abrasion

d)

erosion

20.

____________________ is the movement in which bedrock, rock debris or soil moves downslope due to gravity.

a)

Mass wasting

b)

Outwash

c)

Till

d)

Erratics