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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which type of land suffers the least from wind erosion?
a)
desert
b)
forest
c)
beach
d)
plowed fields
2.
When wind blows over the land, it picks up the smallest particles of sediment.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The process by which natural forces move weathered rock & soil from one place to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
deposition
d)
wind only
4.
_____________happens where agents of erosion drop or lay down sediment.
a)
Weathering only
b)
erosion only
c)
Deposition
d)
compaction only
5.
_________________happens when gravity moves sediment downhill.
a)
Weathering only
b)
Mass movement
c)
Erosion only
d)
Gravity
6.
What causes mass movement?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
gravity
d)
weather
7.
Which is NOT a type of mass movement?
a)
landslide
b)
slump
c)
mudflow
d)
windstorm
8.
This is a picture of a ____________________
a)
slump
b)
creep
c)
windstorm
d)
mudflow
9.
This is a picture of a
a)
creep
b)
slump
c)
mudflow
d)
landslide
10.
This is a picture of a
a)
slump
b)
creep
c)
mudflow
d)
landslide
11.
This looks like a landslide, but if I look closer, I can tell it is a ___________________.
a)
slump
b)
creep
c)
mudflow
d)
landslide
12.
The MOST DESTRUCTIVE type of mass movement is a
a)
slump
b)
landslide
c)
mudflow
d)
creep
13.
The most DEADLY type of mass movement is a
a)
landslide
b)
mudflow
c)
slump
d)
creep
14.
A _______________________is a result of freezing and thawing of H2O in the creases of rocks.
a)
slump
b)
creep
c)
mudflow
d)
landslides
15.
Rock & soil slides quickly down steep slope in a ______________________.
a)
slump
b)
windstorm
c)
landslide
d)
mudlfow
16.
The slowest type of mass movement is called a _____________________.
a)
slump
b)
creep
c)
landslide
d)
mudflow
17.
These are called _______________________.
a)
slumps
b)
mudflows
c)
creeps
d)
landslides
18.
This is a picture of a
a)
slump
b)
creep
c)
mudflow
d)
landslide
19.
This is a picture of
a)
slumps
b)
creeps
c)
mudflows
d)
landslides
20.
Erosion means moving by
a)
washing away
b)
drop down
c)
breaking
d)
rinsing off
21.
Weathering is the _____________ rock.
a)
bending
b)
moving
c)
melting
d)
breaking
22.
What does erosion move?
a)
sediments
b)
water only
c)
only organic matter
d)
only inorganic matter
23.
Was this formed by deposition or erosion?
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
24.
Was this loess formed by erosion or deposition?
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
25.
Was this formed from erosion or deposition?
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
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