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Common landforms include |
| | A) | plains, plateaus, mountains, and deltas |
| | B) | plains, rivers, plateaus, and mountains |
| | C) | rivers, plateaus, deltas, and mountains |
| | D) | deltas, plains, rivers, and mountains |
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_______ causes rivers to fill with unusually high amounts of sediment and become muddy. |
| | A) | A rift |
| | B) | Continental drift |
| | C) | Erosion |
| | D) | Subduction |
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During a very strong windstorm, soil from farms in your area is eroded and spread out over many kilometres. The dropping of sediment is called |
| | A) | tectonics |
| | B) | subduction |
| | C) | chemical weathering |
| | D) | deposition |
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A _______ is the flat layer of sediment deposited by rivers in flood stage. |
| | A) | deposition |
| | B) | floodplain |
| | C) | landslide |
| | D) | glacial deposit |
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Which of the following is NOT ice age sediment? |
| | A) | Clay |
| | B) | Gravel |
| | C) | Silt |
| | D) | Magma |
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Use the diagram to answer the following three questions.
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On the diagram, which letter indicates a horn? |
| | A) | A |
| | B) | B |
| | C) | C |
| | D) | D |
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On the diagram, which letter indicates a moraine? |
| | A) | A |
| | B) | B |
| | C) | C |
| | D) | D |
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On the diagram, which letter indicates a cirque? |
| | A) | A |
| | B) | B |
| | C) | C |
| | D) | D |
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Glaciers scrape soil and rock from the sides and the bottoms of valleys as they move. This is why valleys eroded by glaciers |
| | A) | are U-shaped |
| | B) | are unstable |
| | C) | have plateaus |
| | D) | form deltas |
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You decide to create a poem for a science assignment. Your title is "Moving Rivers of Ice". What force of erosion is your poem about? |
| | A) | Cirques |
| | B) | Floodplains |
| | C) | Glaciers |
| | D) | A magnetometer |
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