WorksheetsErosion Comprehension
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the process of moving sediments from one location to another?
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Displacement
2.
Which of these are an example of erosion?
a)
Light Shinning on a mountain
b)
Rain breaking down rock
c)
Wind blowing away sediment
d)
All of the above
3.
What happens when weathering and erosion work together?
a)
New Mountains are formed
b)
The climate changes overtime
c)
Metal pieces become rusty
d)
They change the Earth's surface
4.
What is the main cause of weathering and erosion to make a canyons?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
5.
How does growth in the soil affect the rate of erosion?
a)
It doesn't affect erosion.
b)
It decreases erosion.
c)
It increases erosion.
6.
Deltas are built up by -
a)
deposition
b)
leaching
c)
abrasion
d)
erosion
7.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
8.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
9.
Which option best tells the rate at which glacial erosion takes place?
a)
Slow
b)
Quick
10.
Which of the following best describes how erosion by groundwater might create a landform?
a)
Acidic water dissolves rock to form a cave
b)
Stream slowly wears away rock and soil
c)
Waves crashing against a shoreline
d)
Sediment building up to form a delta
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