Landforms Test

Question 1

Mountain, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 1

Constructive Process

Question 2

Dune, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 2

Constructive Process

Question 3

Plain, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 3

Destructive Process

Question 4

Hill, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 4

Constructive Process

Question 5

Volcano, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 5

Constructive Process

Question 6

Cave, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 6

Destructive Process

Question 7

Delta, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 7

Constructive Process

Question 8

Plateau, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 8

Destructive Process

Question 9

Valley, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 9

Destructive Process

Question 10

Canyon, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 10

Destructive Process

Question 11

Drumlin, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 11

Constructive Process

Question 12

Moranine, Destructive or Constructive process?

Answer 12

Constructive Process

Question 13

Deposition

Answer 13

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations. *Deposited dropped off
*Erosion first then deposition.

Question 14

Erosion

Answer 14

The movement of sediment from one location to another.
*Erosion is more of the loosening and movement of the sediment to somewhere where deposition can then take it. Erosion first then deposition.

Question 15

Physical Weathering

Answer 15

Mechanical Breakdown of rocks and minerals

Question 16

Chemical Weathering

Answer 16

The process that breaks down rocks through chemical changes.

Question 17

Abrasion Weathering

Answer 17

Types of mechanical weathering that occurs when rocks are grinded away by friction or impact.
-Wind
-Water
-Ice

Question 18

Thermal Expansion Weathering

Answer 18

Rapid temperatures, such as day and night cycles, can cause the rocks to expand and contract leading to cracks and fragments in the rocks.

Question 19

Frost Wedging Weathering

Answer 19

Liquid water enters cracks, before then freezing leading the ice to expand forcing the rock to break apart.

Question 20

Salt Crystal Growth Weathering

Answer 20

Salt water is absorbed then evaporates which then leaves crystallized salt which pushes the rocks apart.

Question 21

Biological Activity/Root Wedging Weathering

Answer 21

Living organisms cause weathering
-Burrowing animals
-Roots from plants

Question 22

Oxidation

Answer 22

Chemical Weathering that occurs when oxygen combines with another substance (usually iron) to make a new substance.

Question 23

Carbonization Weathering

Answer 23

Water and carbon dioxide combine to make carbonic acid, which eats away at rocks and limestone. Leads to the creation of caves.

Question 24

Acid Precipitation (Acid Rain)

Answer 24

Rain mixes with sulfuric acid and nitrogen oxide to make a weak acid that eats away at rocks.

Question 25

Hydrosis

Answer 25

The breaking down of complex molecules by the chemical addition of water.
-Makes clay and soluble salts.

Question 26

Mountain

Answer 26

A natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising abruptly from surrounding levels created by tectonic plates crashing into one each other.

Question 27

Dune

Answer 27

Made by a pile of sand deposited by wind.

Question 28

Plain

Answer 28

A large flat area of land created by deposition of sediments from elsewhere.

Question 29

Hill

Answer 29

They are created by water erosion of mountains or the melting and shifting of glaciers.

Question 30

Volcano

Answer 30

Created by magma rising from hot spots and as lava erupts through cracks in the Earth’s Surface.

Question 31

Caves

Answer 31

Forms from carbon dioxide mixing with water to create carbonic acid that eats away at limestone.

Question 32

Delta

Answer 32

Wetlands that form as rivers empty their waters and sediments into another body of water.

Question 33

Plateau

Answer 33

Level large expanse of land that rises 1500ft or move above the surrounding land with at least one steep side.
-Created by wind and water erosion.

Question 34

Valley

Answer 34

Created by running rivers and glacial movements.
-Low area between mountains is where they are located.

Question 35

Canyon

Answer 35

Deep and narrow valleys with steep walls typically made by a river.

Question 36

Constructive Process

Answer 36

The process by which landforms are created by materials being brought to them.

Question 37

Destructive Process

Answer 37

The process by which landforms are created by materials being taken away from an area.

Question 38

Drumlin

Answer 38

A long mound of till that is smoothed in the direction of the glaciers flow

Question 39

Moraine

Answer 39

A ridge formed by till deposited at the edge of a glacier.

Question 40

The San Andreas Fault is an example of what type of plate boundary?

Answer 40

Transform