PRE/POST TEST QUESTIONS
1. Eroded materials carried by a stream and deposited in another place are called:
A. canyons; B. levees; C. sediments; D. plateaus.
2. An example of mechanical weathering is: A. soil being carried downstream by fast
moving water; B. rocks being broken apart by freezing water; C. sand being moved by
strong winds; D. rocks being formed by volcanos.
3. The movement and deposition of weathered materials from one location to another is
called: A. chemical weathering; B. erosion; C. exfoliation; D. physical weathering.
4. The force that tends to pull all materials downhill is: A. slope; B. wind; C. gravity; D.
friction.
5. The main process that forms a beach is: A. weathering; B; erosion; C. deposition; D.
oxidation.
6. The majority of wave erosion occurs from: A. daily wave activity; B. deep sea
currents; C. longshore currents; D. storm waves.
7. Limestone caves form as a result of: A. deposition; B. chemical weathering; C.
mechanical weathering; D. wave erosion.
8. What changes the earth’s surface? A. volcanoes; B. weathering; C. erosion; D. all of
the above.
9. Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and acids are sufficient agents of: A. chemical
weathering; B. abrasion; C. mechanical weathering; D. erosion.
10. Erosion occurs when sediment is moved by: A. wind; B. ice; C. moving water; D. all
of the above.