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Earth Science Lesson 2 Problems



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which of the following is most effective in modifying the earth's surface?
a.
running water
c.
wind
b.
landslides
d.
glaciers
 

 2. 

In which direction does water move on a hillside?
a.
downhill
c.
left
b.
uphill
d.
right
 

 3. 

Which one of the 2 general types of weathering involves decomposition of weathered materials?
a.
chemical
c.
erosion
b.
physical
d.
oxidation
 

 4. 

The transportation of materials by agents as water, wind, ice, etc. is called
a.
erosion
c.
gabbro
b.
weathering
d.
oxidation
 

 5. 

Which one is not a part of a stream?
a.
bed
c.
mouth
b.
banks
d.
beach
 

 6. 

Most waves get their energy from
a.
wind.
c.
moon.
b.
earthquakes.
d.
sun.
 

 7. 

Breakers form when
a.
the wind blows.
c.
the wavelength is longer.
b.
when the lower parts of a wave hit the sand on the shore.
d.
wavelength is equal to wave height.
 

 8. 

Most of the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains:
a.
Were originally anticlines
c.
Form high lands because the ridges are composed of harder rock than the valleys
b.
Were eroded and formed synclines
d.
Are granitic batholiths 
 

 9. 

Most mountain ranges on continents form:
a.
At divergent plate boundaries
c.
In the interior of continents
b.
Along transform fault plate boundaries
d.
At convergent plate boundaries
 

 10. 

Basins like Death Valley, the Salton Sea, and Tahoe are:
a.
Horsts
c.
Sinkholes
b.
Grabens
d.
Calderas
 

Matching
 
 
Match the sentence with the term best completes it.
a.
weathering
b.
erosion
c.
delta
 

 11. 

A(n) _________ is a deposit formed at the mouth of a river.
 



 
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