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Surface Of The Earth Vocabulary
Test Description: Surface of the Earth Vocabulary
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1) What is the process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another.
A
Depostion
B
Erosion
C
Abrasion
D
Weathering
2) What is the process by which eroded materials are dropped?
A
Abrasion
B
Deposition
C
Weathering
D
Erosion
3) What is the process of the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces?
A
Erosion
B
Deposition
C
Abrasion
D
Weathering
4) What is the measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance?
A
Flood
B
Gradient
C
Load
D
Discharge
5) The materials carried by a stream is referred to as the streams ______.
A
Load
B
Contents
C
gradient
D
discharge
6) What is the amount of water a stream carries in a given amount of time?
A
Discharge
B
Depostion
C
Load
D
Gradient
7) What is water located within the rocks below Earth's surface?
A
contained water
B
groundwater
C
Lake water
D
rock water
8) A large mass of moving ice that forms by compacting of snow by natural forces is known as a
A
glacier
B
snow drift
C
iceberg
D
snow pack
9) What is the general term for all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier?
A
Glacial sediment
B
Glacial Drift
C
Glacial rock
D
Glacial Load
10) Thick deposits of sediment are known as ___________.
A
sediment drift
B
mud
C
loess
D
dunes
11) What are mounds of wind deposited sand?
A
mountains
B
glaciers
C
dunes
D
drifts
12) What is the area where streams often deposit their load in a fan shaped pattern; very rich in sediment and nutrients known as?
A
mouth
B
plains
C
plateau
D
delta
13) What is a flat area with many layers of deposited sediment known as?
A
delta
B
plains
C
floodplain
D
dunes
14) What is a fan shaped deposit that forms on dry land?
A
Alluvial Fan
B
Delta
C
Floodplain
D
Oxbow Lake
15) What is the place where land and a body of water meet?
A
cliffside
B
beach
C
delta
D
Shoreline
16) Erosion NOT caused by which of the following?
A
Wind
B
Gravity
C
Ice
D
Sun
17) What is a sudden rapid movement of a large amount material downslope?
A
mudflow
B
cliff fall
C
rockfall
D
landslide
18) What is it called when loose rocks fall down a steep slope?
A
cliff crash
B
landlside
C
Rockfall
D
mudflow
19) What is a rapid movement of a large mass of mud?
A
cliff fall
B
mudflow
C
landslide
D
rockfall
20) What is an area of the crust that caves in due to erosion by groundwater of the bedrock below?
A
Sea Cave
B
Sinkhole
C
Erosion Pit
D
Crater
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