Transcript Weathering and Erosion Test

Help! I’m being taken away!
A quiz about weathering and erosion
(version 2)
1. How was this landform created?
A. By water
B. By wind
C. By root pry
D. By animals
2. How was this landform created?
A. By water
B. By wind
C. By animals
D. By root pry
3. What part of this river is causing the
MOST erosion?
A
B
C
4. How do you know erosion has
occurred in this picture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
You can see the concrete
There is a small gulley down the hill
The wood looks darker on the porch
The trees look farther away
5. What evidence
of erosion is in this
picture?
A. the land is not flat
B. there are small cliffs and gulleys
C. some rocks have fallen down
D. all of these are evidence of erosion
6. How was this landform created?
A. By water
B. By wind
C. By animals
D. By root pry
7. What is happening to the sides of
the mountain?
A. erosion
B. weathering
C. deposition
D. nothing
8. Which rock has never been in a river?
A.
B.
C.
D.
rock A
rock B
rock C
you can not tell by looking at rocks
9. When the wind blew away all the
topsoil on a farm, it is considered
what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
constructive
destructive
chemical
mass movement
10. How was this landform
weathered?
A. By water
B. By wind
C. By animals
D. By root pry
11. Long ago, when animals or bugs
walk across a wet area of dirt, their
footprints created _________.
A. Sidewalks
B. Fossils
C. Sedimentary rocks
D. Landforms
12. Which of these statements might explain
this picture:
A. An explosion from a tanker truck caused
this damage.
B. High water levels in the river has washed
away the soil.
C. Extreme heat caused expanding and
cracking in the road.
D. A tornado swept through ruining the land.
13. Where does the river slow down and
start deposition?
A
B
C
14. What tools are needed to
separate a mixture of sand,
pebbles and water ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
tweezers, strainer and 2 containers
a strainer, 2 containers and a stopwatch
a wire screen, a filter and 2 containers
a magnet, filter and 2 containers
15. What is the
BEST
explanation
putting rocks on
the sides of this
creek bed?
A. to keep the riverbeds from eroding
B. to make it look more attractive
C. To help small animals to crawl out
of the gulley
D. to make a bridge
16. How was
this landform
created ?
A. wind blowing off the lake over a very long
time
B. waves crashing against the rock over a very
long time
C. animals dug a cave out of the rock
D. humans built this to add interest to the cliff
17. Which takes the longest to occur?
• A. Weathering of rocks into sediments
• B. A cup of water evaporating
• C. A baby living 9 months in its mother
• D. Turtle eggs hatching into baby turtles
18. What would happen to fossil
footprints if they were not made in
wet soil?
A. Water and wind could go on them and erode
them away
B. Nothing, footprints can never be changed.
C. The sun’s energy can destroy them.
19. There are two major things that
you look for in sedimentary rocks.
What are those two things?
A. Fossils and oil
B. Plants and layers
C. Oil and layers
D. Layers and fossils
20. Which rock has been in the river the
longest and how do you know?
A
• A. A, deposition
• B. B, deposition
• C. A, erosion
• D. B, erosion
B
21. Which river can cause more
sediment to move fastest?
A.
• A. River A
• B. River B
• C. Both move sediments fast.
B.
22. What caused this to happen?
• A. Wind
• B. Water
• C. The sun
• D. Plates colliding
23. What is happening in
this picture?
A. Deposition
B. Root pry
C. Constructive force
D. Delta is being formed.
24. Draw a picture of what
this mountain would look
like if it turned into a
volcano.
A.
B.
C.
D.