Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which
of the following is most effective in modifying the earth's surface?
a. | running water | c. | wind | b. | landslides | d. | glaciers | | | | |
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In
which direction does water move on a hillside? a. | downhill | c. | left | b. | uphill | d. | right | | | | |
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Which
one of the 2 general types of weathering involves decomposition of weathered materials?
a. | chemical | c. | erosion | b. | physical | d. | oxidation | | | | |
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The
transportation of materials by agents as water, wind, ice, etc. is called a. | erosion | c. | gabbro | b. | weathering | d. | oxidation | | | | |
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Which
one is not a part of a stream? a. | bed | c. | mouth | b. | banks | d. | beach | | | | |
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Most
waves get their energy from a. | wind. | c. | moon. | b. | earthquakes. | d. | sun. | | | | |
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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. | | | | |
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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 | | | | |
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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 | | | | |
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Basins like Death Valley, the Salton Sea, and Tahoe are: a. | Horsts | c. | Sinkholes | b. | Grabens | d. | Calderas | | | | |
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Matching
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Match
the sentence with the term best completes it. a. | weathering | b. | erosion | c. | delta | | |
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11.
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A(n)
_________ is a deposit formed at the mouth of a river.
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