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Shaping Earth's Surface
Test Description: Shaping Earth's Surface
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) I am a huge mass of ice. I erode the rock beneath me as I flow over it. Who am I?
A
delta
B
meander
C
glacier
D
acid rain
2) I am particles of rock. Moving water deposits me when it slows down. What am I?
A
floodplain
B
weathering
C
sediment
D
glacier
3) I wear away stone and metal surfaces when I fall from the sky. What am I?
A
deposition
B
acid rain
C
delta
D
sediment
4) I am a flat area along a riverbank. Rivers deposit sediment on me when they flood. Who am I?
A
floodplain
B
delta
C
meander
D
erosion
5) I drop eroded sediment in a different place after I picked it up. What am I?
A
deposition
B
sediment
C
erosion
D
weathering
6) I am a fan-shaped piece of land. I form from deposits from the mouths of rivers. Who am I?
A
glacier
B
meander
C
floodplain
D
delta
7) I break down rock into smaller pieces. What am I?
A
weathering
B
deposition
C
delta
D
floodplain
8) I am a gentle loop in a slow flowing river. What am I?
A
weathering
B
delta
C
floodplain
D
meander
9) I pick up and move pieces of weathered rock. What am I?
A
weathering
B
erosion
C
glacier
D
acid rain
10) Over long periods of time, the process of _______________ breaks down rock.
A
weathering
B
waves
C
beaches
D
glaciers
11) When ______________ occurs, the rock simply breaks into smaller pieces.
A
chemical weathering
B
deposition
C
erosion
D
physical weathering
12) During _________________ the rock weakens as the minerals in it are changed.
A
deposition
B
physical weathering
C
chemical weathering
D
landslides
13) After weathering, _______________ removes the weathered rock.
A
erosion
B
glaciers
C
waves
D
chemical weathering
14) Gravity pulls loosened rock downhill in __________________.
A
landslides
B
chemical weathering
C
erosion
D
waves
15) Ocean __________________ and currents move sediment along shorelines.
A
waves
B
beaches
C
physical weathering
D
landslides
16) They (waves) erode sand from some _________________ and deposit it on others.
A
glaciers
B
physical weathering
C
beaches
D
erosion
17) As ____________________ move over the ground, they scoop out depressions and move the loose rock beneath them.
A
beaches
B
chemical weathering
C
glaciers
D
waves
18) Water, wind, and ice can drop eroded materials in a different place in a process called ______________.
A
landslides
B
deposition
C
erosion
D
weathering
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