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WorksheetsWeathering Erosion and Deposition of Ecoregions
Total questions: 144
Worksheet time: 4hrs 34mins
What Catastrophic Event in the panhandle plains causes the most wind erosion?
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Flooding
Humans
What catastrophic event causes the most most water erosion in the gulf coast?
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Flash Floods
Earthquakes
Biological weathering is done by . . .
Wind
Water
Living Things
Ice
Trans Pecos/Chihuahuan Desert
Trans Pecos/Cg
hihuahuan Desert
Includes marshes and swamps, high humidity and warm temperatures. waves cause mechanical weathering. sand dunes, sand bars.
Texas Gulf Coast
High Plains
Mostly short grass, dry and very windy. high elevation, Palo Duro Canyon.
Texas Gulf Coast
High Plains
Gently rolling land, cut by streams and covered by thorny brush. Also known as "Brush Country"
South Texas Plains
Prairie
Includes many types of grasses that prevent erosion. Many parks and lakes, land is gently rolling to hilly
Prairie
Piney Woods
Little erosion due to nutrient rich soil and lots of vegetation.
Trees are the main plant life, lumber industry
Piney Woods
Edward's Plateau
Limestone hills, many streams and springs, shallow soil. Land forms include Enchanted rock
Edward's Plateau
Trans Pecos
High wind erosion due to little vegetation, mountains and desert, little plant life, mostly clay soil
Trans Pecos
Edward's Plateau
reaches the Gulf?
vulnerable to chemical and physical weathering. Which of the following land formations would be expected in this area?
sedimentary rock in the High Plains region of Texas. Which of the following best explains the uneven nature of the exposed rock layers?
National Park were formed over time by -
The Edwards Plateau has limestone and granite that go through oxidation and rust. What type of weathering is this?
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Biological Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
Caves, sinkholes, cenotes and aquifers go through mechanical weathering by being underground rivers. What kind of weathering changes the composition of materials?
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Biological Weathering
Salt erosion is what type of weathering?
Physical
Chemical
The barrier islands off of the Texas Gulf Coast were made through. . .
Wind Erosion
Wave Erosion of sand sediment
River Delta deposition
All of these are correct
What is the major problem with many ecoregions?
Habit Loss & Land Fragmentation
Pollution
Bad Agriculture, ranching, logging, mining, fracking & oil drilling practices
All of these are correct
What can you do to help prevent erosion in your yard?
Plant native grasses and trees
Plant invasive species
Mow the grass every week
All of these are correct
Which ecoregion sits upon the the Edwards Plateau?
Llano Uplift
High Plains
Trans-Pecos
Post Oak Savannah
Which ecoregion(s) are located in tornado alley?
High Plains
Rolling Plains
Blackland Prairie
All of these are correct
Which ecoregion is dominated by tall pine trees?
East Texas Piney Woods
Post Oak Savannah & Cross Timbers
Blackland Prairie
All of these are coorect
The breaking down of rock by wind, water, ice, gravity or other rocks is called . . .
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Biological Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
When sediments stop moving or lay down . . .
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
All of these are correct
When sediment is broken down by a plant, animal or living thing. . .
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Biological Weathering
All of these are correct
This is a picture of the __________ ecoregion
Hill country/Edwards Plateau
Trans Pecos
High Plains
Piney Woods
Why would there be less erosion in this ecoregion of Texas?
not enough rain so the soil isn't washed away
Tree and plant roots holds onto the soil
tree and plant roots absorb the rain
This ecoregion is one of the wettest
At the beach, which agents of erosion affect the coast the most?
Wind and animals
Water and gravity
Animals and wind
water and wind
Why would there be less erosion in this ecoregion of Texas?
not enough rain so the soil isn't washed away
Tree and plant roots holds onto the soil
tree and plant roots absorb the rain
This ecoregion is one of the wettest
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers is an example of...?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
reaches the Gulf?
Mostly short grass, dry and very windy. High elevation, Palo Duro Canyon.
Texas Gulf Coast
High Plains
Blackland Prairie
Cross Timbers
Gently rolling land, cut by streams and covered by thorny brush. Also known as "Brush Country." Overgrazing of animals has led to little vegetation.
South Texas Plains
Blackland Prairie
Gulf Coast Marshes and Plains
Post Oak Savannah
Includes many types of grasses that prevent erosion. Many parks and lakes, land is gently rolling to hilly
Blackland Prairie
Piney Woods
High Plains
Trans Pecos
Little erosion due to nutrient rich soil and lots of vegetation.
Trees are the main plant life, lumber industry
Piney Woods
Edward's Plateau
Rolling Plains
South Texas Plains
Limestone hills, many streams and springs, shallow soil. Land forms include caves from chemical weathering and rounded hills.
Edward's Plateau
Trans Pecos
Crosstimbers
Piney Woods
High wind erosion due to little vegetation, mountains and desert, little plant life, mostly clay soil
Blackland prairie
Edward's Plateau
South Texas Plains
Trans Pecos
This is an example of . . .
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Biological Weathering
Biochemical Weathering
What type of weathering is this? This is an underground cave.
Physcial
Mechanical
Chemical
Biological
What type of weathering is this?
Physical
Chemical
Biological
All of these are correct
Rocks in a river get smoother due to . . .
Weathering done by the current of the river
Erosion due to fast moving water
Physical weathering
All of these are correct
Rocks are broken into smaller sediments by . . .
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
All of these are correct
Deltas form at the end of rivers due to the slowing down of water which causes . . .
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
None of these are correct
Little erosion due to nutrient rich soil and lots of vegetation.
Trees are the main plant life, lumber industry
Piney Woods
Edward's Plateau
Rolling Plains
South Texas Plains
Limestone hills, many streams and springs, shallow soil. Land forms include caves from chemical weathering and rounded hills.
Edward's Plateau
Trans Pecos
Crosstimbers
Piney Woods
High wind erosion due to little vegetation, mountains and desert, little plant life, mostly clay soil
Blackland prairie
Edward's Plateau
South Texas Plains
Trans Pecos
National Park were formed over time by -
Includes marshes and swamps, high humidity and warm temperatures. waves cause mechanical weathering. sand dunes, sand bars.
Texas Gulf Coast
High Plains
Mostly short grass, dry and very windy. high elevation, Palo Duro Canyon.
Texas Gulf Coast
High Plains
Gently rolling land, cut by streams and covered by thorny brush. Also known as "Brush Country"
South Texas Plains
Prairie
Includes many types of grasses that prevent erosion. Many parks and lakes, land is gently rolling to hilly
Prairie
Piney Woods
Little erosion due to nutrient rich soil and lots of vegetation.
Trees are the main plant life, lumber industry
Piney Woods
Edward's Plateau
Limestone hills, many streams and springs, shallow soil. Land forms include Enchanted rock
Edward's Plateau
Trans Pecos
High wind erosion due to little vegetation, mountains and desert, little plant life, mostly clay soil
Trans Pecos
Edward's Plateau
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
weathering
erosion
soil conservation
decomposition
through dissolving rock and chemical
changes.
into smaller pieces.
What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?
A glacier
An iceberg
An ice wedge
A sand dune
A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?
Warm air melted the rock.
Sun rays evaporated the rock.
Ocean waves washed away rock.
Plant roots pushed away the rock.
The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Exfoliation
The process by which rock and soil are moved from one place to another is called-
Chemical weatherin
Erosion
Mechanical weathering
Deosition
This type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.
Chemical weathering
Erosion
Mechanical weathering
Deposition
What do we call the process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup.
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Plants/animals digging under ground with roots or claws to break apart rocks.
Frost wedging
Abrasion
Burrowing
Exfoliation
The breaking off of the curved sheets or slabs from a rock's surface due to drastic changing temperatures.
Frost wedging
Exfoliation
Abrasion
Burrowing
The image above depicts the effects of chemical weathering breaking down limestone. Which type of chemical weathering causes this reaction?
Acid rain
Oxidation
Exfoliation
Abrasion
Which type of sediment does wind erosion most strongly affect?
Loose, sandy soil
Wet rocks
Wet, compacted soil
Dry, compacted soil
Which type of area is more likely to weather and erode? An area with a lot of vegetation (plants) or an area with very little? Why?
The area with very little vegetation, because the roots won't be able to burrow through the rocks to weather it down.
The area with a lot of vegetation, because the roots will burrow through the rocks causing a landslide.
The area with very little vegetation, because it has not roots to absorb extra water or hold the soil together. The extra water and loose soil is likely to become a landslide/mudslide.
The area with a lot of vegetation, because the roots will absorb any extra rain water, and will also hold the soil together preventing a landslide.
Which of the following agents is the usually responsible for the formation of canyons?
Gravity pulling
Wind blowing
Flowing water
Glaciers moving
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Erosion breaks down the rocks, and weathering carries the broken pieces away.
Erosion carries broken pieces away, and weathering builds the pieces back up into another land mass.
Weathering carries broken pieces away, and erosion builds the pieces back up into another land mass.
Weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion carries the broken pieces away.
Over millions of years, the shape of mountains on Earth's surface can change to low hills and then rolling plains. These changes are most likely caused by-
Folding and faulting
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Human activity
Weathering and Erosion
Which term best describes the graphic organizer in circle T?
Ice wedging
Abrasion
Oxidation
Burrowing animals
A student prepares a model by filling a plastic bottle with water, capping it tightly, and placing it in the freezer for 24 hours. After 24 hours, there are large cracks on the bottle's sides. The student's model most likely represents which of the following types of weathering:
Acid rain
Oxidation
Frost wedging
Abrasion
The tallest sand dunes in North America are found in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. These dunes were formed from the sand at the bottom of a dry lake bed. Which of the following agents is most likely responsible for the formation of the sand dunes?
Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Erosion breaks down the rocks, and weathering carries the broken pieces away.
Erosion carries broken pieces away, and weathering builds the pieces back up into another land mass.
Weathering carries broken pieces away, and erosion builds the pieces back up into another land mass.
Weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion carries the broken pieces away.
Which of the following terms best describes the graphic organizer in circle S?
Acid rain
Oxidation
Deposition
Abrasion
Which of the following pair of terms explains why pebbles in a river are smoother and more rounded than rocks found on land?
Exfoliation and deposition
Weathering and deposition
Weathering and erosion
Deposition and Burrowing
