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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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