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Study Quiz 9.1
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1
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
2
_______ causes rivers to fill with unusually high amounts of sediment and become muddy.
A)A rift
B)Continental drift
C)Erosion
D)Subduction
3
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
4
A _______ is the flat layer of sediment deposited by rivers in flood stage.
A)deposition
B)floodplain
C)landslide
D)glacial deposit
5
Which of the following is NOT ice age sediment?
A)Clay
B)Gravel
C)Silt
D)Magma
6
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
7
On the diagram, which letter indicates a moraine?
A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D
8
On the diagram, which letter indicates a cirque?
A)A
B)B
C)C
D)D
9
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
10
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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