Earth System Part 1 Quiz

1. What are the two types of changes that happen to the surface of the Earth

• Gradual

• Gentle

• Rapid

• Glacial

What is erosion?

• Changing the earth surface

• Leaving thing behind

• 1. Wearing  away of some part of the earth surface

• Another type of landmark

1. Name the three types of erosion

• Aeolian

• Aveorian

• Fluvial

• Flomial

• Glacial

Which of the following is a cause of erosion?

• Wind and water movement

• Building houses

• Planting more trees

• Making roads

Which landform is most affected by erosion?

• Riversides

• Deserts

• Oceans

• Mountains

Which of these are landmarks caused by erosions?

• Sea stack

• Beaches

• Dunes

• Cirques

• Delta

Which of the following is NOT a natural agent of erosion?

• Wind

• Water

• Ice

• Plastic waste

Deposit left behind over a long period of time that changes the earth surface is called Deposition

• True
• False

The three types of deposition are:

1. Aeolian deposition - deposit caused by air

2. Fluvial deposition - deposit caused by water

3. Glacial deposition- deposit caused by ice

• True
• False

1. Pick the landmarks caused by deposition?

• 1. Delta

• Hoodos

• 1. Erratics - caused by glacial deposition

• Arete

• 1. Dunes