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Erosion And Deposition, Les 3-5 6th Grade
Test Description: Wind, wave, and glacier erosion
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What constantly pulls glaciers downhill?
A
wind
B
waves
C
gravity
D
water
2) Which glaciers form high in the mountains?
A
valley glacier
B
ice sheets
C
continental glacier
3) When glaciers slide downhill, the pieces of rocks that are frozen to the bottom scrape the land in a process called
A
ice wedging
B
abrasion
C
plucking
D
till
4) A sharp ridge separating two cirques is called a(n)
A
arete
B
horn
C
kettle lake
D
cirque
5) When a glacier retreats and deposits a mound or ridge, it is called a(n)
A
drumlin
B
kettle lake
C
U shaped valley
D
moraine
6) An area of wave-washed sediment along a coast
A
sea stack
B
sandbar
C
beach
D
spit
7) Which is NOT formed by erosion?
A
sandbar
B
sea cave
C
wave-cut cliff
D
sea stack
8) The process by which wind removes surface material
A
plucking
B
abrasion
C
deposition
D
deflation
9) Most desert landforms are the result of
A
deflation
B
abrasion
C
weathering and water erosion
D
pluckinig
10) Plant roots can
A
displace the sand in a sand dune as it grows
B
erode a sand dune faster
C
help to anchor a dune in one place
D
not grow in a sand dune.
11) Fine, wind-deposited sediment that is dropped far from its source in large deposits
A
sand dune
B
humus
C
sand bar
D
loess
12) A mass of rock and soil deposited directly by a glacier?
A
drumlin
B
U shaped valley
C
kettle lake
D
till
13) Waves change direction as they near shore because
A
they are powered by the wind
B
fish change the current of the water
C
different parts of the waves drag on the bottom
D
they get bored of traveling in the same direction
14) A small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
A
till
B
moraine
C
spit
D
kettle
15) What makes up till?
A
clay only
B
sand only
C
silt and sand only
D
clay, silt, sand, gravel, and boulders
16) A glacier begins to move when the snow and ice build to which thickness?
A
100 to 200 meters
B
20 to 30 meters
C
30 to 40 meters
D
10 to 20 meters
17) Which glacier flows in all directions?
A
valley
B
continental
18) As waves approach the shore and change direction, on which landform is most of their energy concentrated?
A
headland
B
sea caves
C
beaches
D
sandbars
19) What happens when wind slows down or meets an obstacle?
A
mechanical weathering
B
erosion
C
chemical weathering
D
deposition
20) Which size particles does the wind usually skip and bounce for short distances?
A
boulders
B
clay and silt
C
sand
D
clay
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