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Chapter 4 Erosion And Deposition
Test Description: Water, glacier and ocean waves
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The most significant cause for erosion on Earth
A
Glaciers
B
Wind
C
Ocean Waves
D
Water
2) Which is not a factor which changes the amount of runoff in an area?
A
steepness of the land
B
amount of rainfall
C
amount of oxygen
D
plants
3) Which is the order that creates a river from smallest to largest?
A
rills- gully- stream- river-
B
River- stream- rills- gully
C
rills- river- gully- stream
D
rills- river- gully- stream
4) Where the water meets an area of hard rock that resists erosion, but softer rock erodes, leaving behind a slope of flowing water
A
gully
B
stream
C
rill
D
waterfall
5) Which of the following terms is unrelated to Karst formations?
A
Sinkholes
B
Chemical weathering
C
Caves
D
Waterfalls
6) This is the many twists and turns of a river, created by erosion and deposition
A
meander
B
delta
C
cave
D
alluvial fan
7) A meander that has been cutoff from the rest of the river.
A
waterfall
B
sinkhole
C
oxbow lake
D
cave
8) At the end of the river, this area of triangular deposition forms when the river slows down and drops its sediment
A
oxbow lake
B
meander
C
delta
D
alluvial fan
9) Where a stream exits a river valley between two mountains, dropping its sediments
A
alluvial fan
B
floodplain
C
oxbow lake
D
delta
10) Which of the following is not related to glacier erosion?
A
karst topography
B
till
C
moraine
D
plucking
11) This forms underground due to the chemical weathering of limestone, making a large open space.
A
meander
B
floodplain
C
caves
D
glacier
12) The type of glacier that covers the most land area
A
iceberg
B
valley
C
kettle
D
continental
13) This is the name given when glaciers rip up rocks and sediment from the ground.
A
till
B
kettle
C
plucking
D
moraine
14) This is the name given when glaciers melt and drop sediment on the land
A
spit
B
moraine
C
sandbar
D
till
15) The part of the edge of glaciers which push sediment
A
moraine
B
stream
C
kettle
D
till
16) When glaciers scoop up rocks and leave behind ice that melts to form new lakes.
A
kettle
B
moraine
C
till
D
stream
17) This is the time in history when much of the Earth was covered in ice and glaciers
A
ice age
B
kettle
C
till
D
moraine
18) Glaciers on a mountain are known as?
A
mountain glaciers
B
Valley/ alpine glaciers
C
Continental glaciers
D
till
19) This is the process that will happen when sediment in a river falls to the bottom when the water slows down.
A
deposition
B
weathering
C
erosion
D
alluvial fan
20) Which of the following is not a cause of erosion
A
water
B
ocean waves
C
glaciers
D
sunlight
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