Earth's Processes and Landforms Test

Volcano made of layers of lava and ash

• Composite volcano
• earthquake
• dam
• fault

Movement of the ground caused by a sudden release of energy in Earth’s crust

• Composite volcano
• earthquake
• dam
• jetty

Stops the flow of a river

• dam
• Composite volcano
• earthquake
• jetty
• fault

Break in Earth’s crust

• dam
• jetty
• fault
• cinder cone volcano

Landform or structure that prevents flooding.

• Composite volcano
• dam
• levee
• shield volcano

When rock is dissolved by water underground

• cinder cone volcano
• delta
• sinkhole
• levee

Built at the mouth of a river

• fault
• cinder cone volcano
• delta
• sinkhole

Which of the following created the Himalayan Mountains?

• earthquakes causing landslides
• a violent volcanic eruption
• wind depositing sand into large piles
• two tectonic plates colliding

How can volcanic eruptions be constructive?

• By forming deltas
• By forming sinkholes
• By forming more volcanoes
• By forming islands

As weathering eats away pockets of limestone underground, what are likely to form?

• sinkholes
• faults
• oxbow lakes
• dams