Water and Wind Erosion – Instruction Exam Questions with Answers

Water and Wind Erosion – Instruction Exam
Questions with Answers
Stream - -A series of connected channels that fills with water

-Tributary - -One of many channels that connect to form a river

-Rill - -A small groove in soil created by runoff

-Gully - -A channel of connected grooves created by runoff

-Erosion by Rivers - -Oxbow lake
Meander
Waterfall

-Deposition by Rivers - -Alluvial fan
Delta
Flood plain

-Which statements accurately describe groundwater? Check all that apply - -Groundwater
is water found below Earth's surface
Groundwater erosion leads to the creation of caves
Groundwater can cause chemical weathering

-Which features are created by groundwater erosion and deposition? Check all that apply -
-Stalagmites
Sinkholes
Stalactites

-Glaciers cause erosion by abrasion and ____ - -Plucking

-The sediment deposited by glaciers is called ____ - -Till

-When a chunk of ice left behind by a receding glacier melts, the water stays in the kettle,
forming a _____ - -Kettle lake

-Erosion by Waves - -Sea stack
Sea arch
Wave-cut cliff

-Deposition by Waves - -Sandbar
Barrier island
Beach