WorksheetsWeathering Erosion Deposition Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of what?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of what?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone are examples of what?
Chemical Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Mechanical Weathering
____________________________ destroy and wear away landmasses, not typically creating new landforms.
Kettles
Deltas
Constructive forces
Destructive forces
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart is an examples of what?
Mechanical Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Chemical Weathering
The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.
weathering
erosion
deposition
jackhammering
Unsorted rock material deposited directly by glaciers as it melts
glacial drift
stratified drift
till
glacier
The till deposited at the edge of a glacier forms a ridge called a _______________
moraine
drumline
horn
ice age
Forms when a flowing glacier scoops out an area between two mountains.
U-Shaped Valley
Fjord
Kettle
Moraine
A _____ is a meandering narrow ridge formed when water, flowing in a tunnel underneath a melting glacier, deposited sediment
erratic
moraine
esker
fjords
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
Mudflow
Slump
Creep
Rock fall
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.
Slump
Hillside Creep
Rockslide
Mudflow
Materials deposited by the meltwater of a glacier, most often beyond the end of a glacier
Abrasion
Meltwater
Outwash
Esker
When windblown sediment strikes rock, and the surface of the rock is scraped and worn away _____________ has occurred.
Erosion
Till
Abrasion
Deposition
Yesterday, this sand dune was not here. After a huge sandstorm, the sand dune appeared. What natural process is this an example of?
Constructive Forces
Destructive Forces
Erosion
Landslide
Deltas are built by the process of ______________.
deposition
leaching
abrasion
erosion
____________________ is the movement in which bedrock, rock debris or soil moves downslope due to gravity.
Mass wasting
Outwash
Till
Erratics
