Chapter 10 Review Question Preview (ID: 35136)
Review.
TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.
How do mineral deposits form on the bottom of the ocean and lakes?
a) condensation
b) evaporation of water
c) flooding
d) weathering
What 3 things can cause tsunamis?
a) hurricanes, tornadoes, underwater earthquakes
b) volcanic activity, underwater earthquakes (tectonic activity), and landslides
c) volcanic activity, landslides, and tornadoes
d) volcanic activity, hurricanes, and landslides
What process forms a river delta?
a) deposition
b) flooding
c) blowing wind
d) evaporation
Where does overflow water and sediment from a flooded river go?
a) drainage basin
b) ocean
c) canyons
d) flood plain
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
a) weathering is the breaking of rock into smaller pieces and erosion is transferring of material from one place to another.
b) weathering is transferring materials from one place to another and erosion is breaking rock into smaller pieces
c) weathering is rock forming in layers and erosion is rock breaking down
d) weathering is rock breaking into smaller pieces and erosion is rock forming in layers
How has the amount of salt in the ocean changed over the years?
a) it has decreased
b) it has increased
c) it has stayed the same
d) it has disappeared
What is the reason for planting a cover crop?
a) to cause erosion
b) to prevent nutrients from building in the soil
c) to keep the farmer busy
d) to prevent erosion
a plant grows into a crack in pavement and makes the crack bigger, what type of weathering is occurring?
a) soil weathering
b) chemical weathering
c) mechanical weathering
d) pavement weathering
How are most canyons formed?
a) by moving water
b) by deposition
c) because of sandbars
d) by wind
What agent of erosion causes sand dunes to form?
a) water
b) gravity
c) wind
d) humans
What do we call the land that is drained by a river?
a) drainage basin
b) flood plain
c) ocean
d) sandbar
What is the name of the landform that can be caused by a long shore current moving sediment from the shore into the water?
a) sand dune
b) sandbar
c) long shore dune
d) short dune
What is the main process that changes and shapes Earth’s surface?
a) wind
b) gravity
c) water running downhill
d) a breeze
When is the amplitude of ocean waves the smallest?
a) on a windy day
b) during a hurricane
c) during a tornado
d) on a calm day
What formed the great lakes?
a) wind
b) tornadoes
c) glaciers
d) waves
Beaches can have different colors of sand. What causes that?
a) The source of rock in the area
b) the source of wind in the area
c) the source of water in the area
d) the people in the area
Where is wave energy the strongest in the ocean?
a) the bottom of the ocean
b) the crest
c) the trough
d) the waters surface
Name 2 forces that can change coastal landforms
a) gravity and wind
b) gravity and water
c) gravity and sand
d) wind and water
How does wind change coastal land forms?
a) blows sediment into the ocean to form sandbars
b) blows sand into piles called sandbars
c) blows sand into piles called sand dunes
d) it does not affect coastal landforms
How does water in the form of waves change coastal landforms?
a) carries sediment away from the shore and wears down the rock in the area
b) it does not affect coastal landforms
c) it floods the area
d) it causes a drainage basin
Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 35136 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 35136 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register
Log In | Sign Up / Register