WorksheetsEarth Science Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is weathering?
The movement of sediment
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
A sudden downhill movement of soil
A curved bend in a river
Erosion is best explained as:
Sediment settling in one place
Rocks breaking apart
The movement of sediment by wind, water, or ice
A wide, flat area near a river
When sediment settles in a new place, it is called:
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Valley
What is sediment?
Moving ice
Flat land
Small pieces of rock and soil
A deep valley
A delta is:
A curved bend in a river
A hill of sand formed by wind
A landform at the mouth of a river
A low area between mountains
A delta plain is:
A steep canyon
A wide, flat area at a river’s mouth
A valley carved by ice
A frozen river
A floodplain is:
A flat area next to a river formed by flooding
A deep, narrow valley
A glacier
A dune
A plain is:
A mountain range
Land covered in ice
Flat or gently rolling land
A curved river
A valley is:
A landform made of sand
Low land between hills or mountains
A flat river mouth
Ice that moves slowly
A canyon is:
A deep valley with steep sides
A glacier valley
A river bend
A flood area
A V-shaped valley is formed by:
Wind
Glaciers
Volcanoes
River erosion
A glacier is:
Frozen rain
A large mass of moving ice
A sand hill
Sediment
A U-shaped valley is carved by:
Rivers
Wind
Glaciers
Earthquakes
Moraine means:
A sand dune
Flat land
Rocks and sediment left by a glacier
Flowing water
A meander is:
A valley
A steep cliff
A curved bend in a river
A frozen river
An oxbow lake is:
A lake formed by melting ice
A crescent-shaped lake from a cut-off river bend
A lake at the ocean’s edge
A valley lake
A dune is:
A hill of snow
A rocky cliff
A hill of sand formed by wind
A riverbank
A coastline is:
Where rivers meet
Where land meets the ocean
A sandy hill
Ice along land
A landslide is:
Wind erosion
A sudden downhill movement of soil and rock
A river flood
Ice melting
An avalanche is:
Falling rocks only
Moving sand
A sudden downhill movement of snow, ice, and rock
Water erosion
