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Erosion And Deposition, Les 1-2, 6th Grade
Test Description: Erosion
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Weathering, erosion, and deposition act together in a cycle that is
A
short-lived.
B
never-ending.
C
temporary.
D
not permanent.
2) When rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope
A
mudslide
B
creep
C
landslide
D
slump
3) What kind of land has more runoff?
A
gently sloped land
B
steeply sloped land
C
flat land
4) Runoff can be increased by
A
paving a field
B
all of these
C
farmers removing crops
D
cutting down trees
5) ___ only contain water during a rainstorm and for a short time after it rains.
A
rivers
B
gullies
C
streams
D
tributaries
6) A ___ is the area from which a river and its tributaries collect their water.
A
river
B
gulf
C
flood plain
D
drainage basin
7) Flood plains are terrible for growing things.
A
false
B
true
8) Alluvial fans are found near
A
at the bottom of a volcano
B
where a river meets an ocean
C
mountain valleys
D
waterfalls
9) Near the source, the river flows through a deep, ___shaped valley.
A
FAN
B
v
C
U
D
flat
10) When carbonic acid eats away at limestone and makes underground holes, we call them
A
caves
B
both
C
caverns
11) Sinkholes are common in
A
karst topography
B
the North Pole
C
the desert
D
cropland
12) What is a meander?
A
a large groove in the soil
B
a fan-shaped sediment deposit
C
a bend in a river
D
the wide area of land along a river
13) Which is an agent of erosion?
A
waves
B
gravity
C
all of these
D
glaciers
14) Mass movement can be
A
rapid
B
both
C
slow
15) After many years, a gravestone on a hillside falls over because of
A
landslide
B
mudslide
C
creep
D
slump
16) The agents of erosion lay down sediment in new locations in a process called
A
deposition
B
erosion
C
mass movement
D
ice wedging
17) The major agent of the erosion that has shaped Earth's land surface is
A
wind
B
animals
C
chemical weathering
D
moving water
18) When runoff flows in a thin layer over the land, it may cause a type of erosion called
A
frost wedging
B
sheet erosion
C
layered erosion
D
slump
19) More runoff means
A
erosion no longer occurs.
B
the same amount of erosion
C
less erosion
D
more erosion
20) A large stream is often called a
A
river
B
stream
C
gully
D
rill
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