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The bowl shape on the mountainside is called a
Dune
Cirque
Horn
Arete
2
The landform is called
arches
cliff
sea arch
cave
3
The main agent of erosion acting on the shore is
Ice
Gravity
Wind
Water
4
This landform was first a
sandbar
delta
island
rock
5
The landform was created by
people
waves
rain
animals
6
This landform is called a
sand bar
beach
barrier island
coastline
7
The aerial photo show agriculture that happens on the
river
flood plain
valley
plain
8
Why is the sand black?
paint
waves
parent material
photoshop
9
Abrasion can happen with all the agents of erosion.
False
True
10
Temperature change can break rock by
abrading rock
melting rocks
expanding rocks
oxidizing rock
11
The wind is blowing towards the mountains in the background.
False
True
12
A large glacier will create this shape in a valley
U-Shape
Y-Shape
V-Shape
X-Shape
13
It is the process that breaks down rocks.
Weathering
Weather
Watering
Sunshine
14
The statue is breaking down due to
Oxidation
Mice
Chemical weathering
Acid precipitation
15
This image is a landform called
Island
Barrier Island
Sandbar
Dune
16
The water in the photo most likely came from
Wind
a glacier
Gravity
Ice
17
Lake Okeechobee is a deep lake
False
True
18
A sinkhole starts as an underground
dune
cave
sediment
lake
19
Find the agent of erosion
Oxygen
Dune
Water
Landslide
20
The V-shape from this landform was created by
a river
bulldozer
the president
a glacier
21
The Hillsborough river is a fast moving river with a large delta
False
True
22
This landform is a
conyon
valley
canyon
funyun
23
A steep or high gradient will make a river slow and winding.
False
True
24
The St. Johns river flows north into the Atlantic ocean
True
False
25
The agent of erosion that created this landform
Ice
Gravity
Wind
Water
26
The plateau is just a plain at a higher elevation near a mountain.
False
True
27
All of the following are agents of erosion except for
Wind
Gravity
Ice
Animal Action
28
The image is showing this landform
Glacier
Rockfall
Alluvial Fan
Delta
29
The peeling off sediment from the surface of a rock.
Exfoliation
Animals
Abrasion
Acid rain
30
This process changes the size of sediment.
Oxygen
Chemical weathering
Physical weathering
Deposition
31
This gas is responsible for oxidation on Earth.
Helium
Carbon
Methane
Oxygen
32
Rocks and sediment that move quickly from a mountain or hill
Mudflow
Alluvial Fan
Creep
Landslide
33
The softer rock broke first
True
False
34
The landform was created as river water slowed down before entering the ocean
Sandbar
Delta
New Orleans
Dilta
35
A sinkhole that fills up with water becomes a deep lake or pond
True
False
36
Water flows in this direction on the Earth's surface
wherever North is
wherever Up is
wherever South is
wherever Down is
37
This process moves sediment around the planet.
Pie
Erasmus
Erasing
Erosion
38
This process breaks rocks into new components.
Oxygen
Physical weathering
Deposition
Chemical weathering
39
A landslide is a slow movement of soil.
True
False
40
Acid precipitation is a type of
Chemical weathering
Physical weathering
Pie
Rain