Erosion And Deposition, Les 3-5 6th Grade Question Preview (ID: 60515)
Wind, Wave, And Glacier Erosion.
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What constantly pulls glaciers downhill?
a) water
b) wind
c) waves
d) gravity
Which glaciers form high in the mountains?
a) valley glacier
b) continental glacier
c) ice sheets
d)
When glaciers slide downhill, the pieces of rocks that are frozen to the bottom scrape the land in a process called
a) plucking
b) abrasion
c) till
d) ice wedging
A sharp ridge separating two cirques is called a(n)
a) arete
b) cirque
c) horn
d) kettle lake
When a glacier retreats and deposits a mound or ridge, it is called a(n)
a) kettle lake
b) U shaped valley
c) drumlin
d) moraine
An area of wave-washed sediment along a coast
a) beach
b) spit
c) sea stack
d) sandbar
Which is NOT formed by erosion?
a) sea stack
b) sea cave
c) wave-cut cliff
d) sandbar
The process by which wind removes surface material
a) deposition
b) deflation
c) abrasion
d) plucking
Most desert landforms are the result of
a) weathering and water erosion
b) abrasion
c) pluckinig
d) deflation
Plant roots can
a) erode a sand dune faster
b) displace the sand in a sand dune as it grows
c) help to anchor a dune in one place
d) not grow in a sand dune.
Fine, wind-deposited sediment that is dropped far from its source in large deposits
a) sand dune
b) sand bar
c) loess
d) humus
A mass of rock and soil deposited directly by a glacier?
a) till
b) drumlin
c) kettle lake
d) U shaped valley
Waves change direction as they near shore because
a) they are powered by the wind
b) different parts of the waves drag on the bottom
c) they get bored of traveling in the same direction
d) fish change the current of the water
A small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
a) till
b) moraine
c) kettle
d) spit
What makes up till?
a) clay only
b) sand only
c) silt and sand only
d) clay, silt, sand, gravel, and boulders
A glacier begins to move when the snow and ice build to which thickness?
a) 10 to 20 meters
b) 20 to 30 meters
c) 30 to 40 meters
d) 100 to 200 meters
Which glacier flows in all directions?
a) continental
b) valley
c)
d)
As waves approach the shore and change direction, on which landform is most of their energy concentrated?
a) headland
b) beaches
c) sandbars
d) sea caves
What happens when wind slows down or meets an obstacle?
a) erosion
b) chemical weathering
c) deposition
d) mechanical weathering
Which size particles does the wind usually skip and bounce for short distances?
a) sand
b) boulders
c) clay and silt
d) clay
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