Unit 35: The Formation of Landforms and Landscapes
1. Which of these is NOT a landform?
a. hill b. mountain c. sinkhole d. Rocky Mountains e. a sand dune
2. _____ is a process that breaks down rock.
a. erosion b. weathering c. mass movement d. explosion
3. Smaller materials can be transported from one location to another by the _____ process.
a. erosion b. weathering c. mass transit d. dislocation
4. The most effective and significant agent of erosion globally is
a. wind b. glaciers c. hurricanes d. running water e. coastal waves
5. As landscapes become steeper, these processes work more quickly to wear down the landscapes:
a. erosional* b. deposition
6. The Canadian Shield region of the Great Lakes has been extensively eroded by
a. running water b. wind c. glaciers d. coastal waves e. fur trappers
7. Areas of high relief tend to have
a. steep slopes b. high rates of erosion c. low rates of erosion d. both (a) and (b)
8. Volcanic remnants like Shiprock, NM are much smaller than the volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains
a. because they have been dormant and erosion has worn away most of its mass
b. because they are still active and lose much of their mass through eruptions
c. because they were originally quite small features
9. A spontaneous downslope movement of Earth materials is called
a. erosion b. weathering c. mass movement d. mass transit
10. Erosion leads to the reduction of the ____ of landmasses.
a. relief b. horizontality c. salt content d. carbon content
11. Rates of erosion would be greater in
a. flat, lowlands b. steep mountains c. near the mouth of a river d. in dry desert valleys
12. Folding and uplifiting of rocks to form mountains and the addition of new rock through volcanic
eruptions are products of
a. tectonic activity
b. earthquakes
c. mass movements
d. none of these
13. A recent development in the measurement of erosion rates is
a. determining how much sediment is transported by rivers
b. estimating the amount of tectonic uplift in an area to calculate the response of erosion
c. measuring the climate in an area through satellite technology
d. the application of radionuclides
14. Gravity driven processes which move material downslope are termed
a. fluvial
b. karst
c. mass movements
d. mechanical weathering