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