5 Written Questions

1. called ice sheets, are much larger than alpine glaciers and can cover entire continents. Today, covers most of Greenland and Antarctica.
2. a major type of mass wasting
3. is a long, narrow island that develops parallel to a coast. It forms a barrier between the ocean waves and the shore of the mainland.
4. is a basin that forms when the roof of a cave becomes so thin that it suddenly falls in
5. is an area of land on either side of a stream that is underwater when the stream floods

5 Matching Questions

1. deposition
2. divide
3. gravity
4. mass wasting
5. erosion

1. a the downhill movements of masses of rocks and soil
2. b a ridge from which water drains to one side or the other
3. c the part of the erosion process in which sediment is placed in a new location, or deposited.
4. d causes water to move downward, carrying and depositing sediments as it flows.
5. e the process in which weathered particles are picked up and moved from one place to another.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A sandbar that has built up above the water surface and is joined to the land at one end
   1. delta
   2. spit
   3. dune
   4. till
2. is an area of land formed by the buildup of sediment at the end, or mouth of a river.
   1. till
   2. dune
   3. delta
   4. spit
3. is a ridge of sand built up by action of waves and currents.
   1. glacier
   2. sinkhole
   3. sandbar
   4. caverns
4. ice near surface is brittle and cracks often form in it. Deep inside, ice doesn't break due to pressure on top.
   1. alpine glacier
   2. glacier movement
   3. sliding glacier movement
   4. flowing glacier movement
5. is the movement of water along a shore as waves strike the shore at an angle.
   1. long shore current
   2. long shore drift
   3. end moraine
   4. desert pavement

5 True/False Questions

1. moraine → a deposit of till left behind by a retreating glacier.

   True        False

2. dune → the sediment left directly on the ground surface by a retreating glacier.

   True        False

3. glacier → causes water to move downward, carrying and depositing sediments as it flows.

   True        False

4. long shore drift → is the movement of water along a shore as waves strike the shore at an angle.

   True        False

5. loess → deposits of fine wind- blown sediment near dunes. It forms good soil for growing crops. Covers 10% of the land surface of the Earth

   True        False