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. You can see the concrete

B. There is a small gulley down the hill

C. The wood looks darker on the porch

D. The trees look farther away

5. What evidence of erosion is in this picture?

A. the land is not flatB. there are small cliffs and gulleysC. 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. rock A

B. rock B

C. rock C

D. 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. constructive

B. destructive

C. chemical

D. 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. tweezers, strainer and 2 containers

B. a strainer, 2 containers and a stopwatch

C. a wire screen, a filter and 2 containers

D. 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 erodingB. to make it look more attractiveC. To help small animals to crawl out

of the gulleyD. 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, deposition

• B. B, deposition

• C. A, erosion

• D. B, erosion

B

A

21. Which river can cause more sediment to move fastest?

• A. River A

• B. River B

• C. Both move sediments fast.

A. 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.

D. C.