Victory Elijah Christian College

January Monthly Examination in Science 7- Earth Science

I.

True or False
Direction: Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if is FALSE.

1. Flowing water can cause erosion by dissolving minerals in rocks.

2. The smallest sediments in ocean water are deposited on the shore.
3. Wind erosion can be reduced by planting rows of trees around fields.
4. Wind causes less erosion when it blows at a higher speed.
5. More slowly flowing water can carry larger sediments.
6. _____ bigger waves can carry more sediment.
7. When wind slows down, it deposits smaller sediments first.
8. Most waves strike the shore at an angle rather than straight on.
9. Clay and silt are carried in flowing water by suspension.
10._____ Glaciers presently cover about 40 percent of Earths surface.
11._____ Continental glaciers are long and narrow.
12.Valley glaciers flow downhill through river valleys.
13.Gravity pulls soil and rocks downhill.
14.Mass movement is always a very slow process.
15.A landslide may carry away an entire village.
II.

Multiple Choices
Direction: Read the question carefully. Encircle the correct answer.
1. Erosion is always followed by
A. Deposition
B. Weathering

C. Suspension
D. Saltation

2. Factors that determine the size of ocean waves include

A. speed of the wind
C. distance the wind blows
B. length of time the wind blows. D. all of the above
3. Wind drops the sediment it is carrying when it
A. Slows down
C. Arrives at a beach
B. Is very moist
D. Reaches a certain
altitude
4. Agents of erosion include
A. Gravity
B. Waves

C. Ice
D. all of the above

5. Sediments you are most likely to find on a beach include

A. Clay
C. Pieces of shells

B. Silt

D. All of the above

6. Today, continental glaciers cover most of

A. Alaska
C. Greenland
B. Canada
D. All of the above
7. Erosion by ocean waves can cause
A. Sandbars
C. Cliffs
B. Spits
D. Beaches
8.

Gravity causes erosion by all of the following except

A. Glaciers
C. Flowing water
B. Moving air
D. Mass movement

9.

A sand dune migrates because wind keeps

A. Reversing its direction.
B. Blowing sand up and over the dune.
C. Causing longshore drift.
D. None of the above

10.Factors that determine how much erosion runoff can cause include
A. How fast the water is moving.
B. How much water is flowing.
C. Whether the land is bare or covered with plants.
D. All of the above
11.What is the first step in the formation of a sand dune?
A. Wind carrying sand strikes an obstacle.
B. Wind moves particles of sand up a gentle slope.
C. Wind moves particles of sand down a slip face.
D. Wind deposits particles of silt and clay.
12.Features caused by valley glacier erosion include
A. Eskers
C. Drumlins
B. Cirques
D. End moraines

13.A trimline shows the__________.

A. Highest level a valley glacier reached.
B. Direction in which a glacier traveled.
C. Greatest distance a glacier advanced.
D. Ending edge of a continental glacier.
14.Factors that increase the risk of landslides include_____.
A. Dry soils
C. Earthquakes
B. Lack of rain
D. Two of the above
15.Mass movements can occur_______.
A. Suddenly
C. Only on sloping land
B. Very slowly
D. All of the above

III.

Identification.

Direction: Choose the appropriate term to complete each sentence below.

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Waves
Long shore drift
Break waters
Erosion
Deposition

Run off
Dry
Loess
Saltation
Glaciers

Abrasion
- Plucking
Mudslides
- Tsunami
- Clay

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2.
3.
4.
5.

When wind blows over the surface of a body of water, it causes ____________.
A large mass of flowing ice is a(n) _____________.
An artificial barrier island is called a(n)___________.
A dust storm is more likely to occur in a _________ climate.
The process in which a glacier scrapes underlying rock is called
_______________
6. The transport of sediments is called _____________
7. Wind carries clay and silt by____________.
8. Waves that strike the shore at an angle cause the process of _____________.
9. ____________ is the process by which eroded sediments are dropped
somewhere else.
10.Water that runs over the land during a heavy rain is called _____________.
11._______ occurs when wind blows sediments in short hops
12.The process in which a glacier picks up sediment is called _____________.
13.The most destructive types of mass movement are landslides and __________.
14.If a landslide flows into the ocean, it may cause a(n) __________.
15.Mudslides occur where the soil consists mostly of _________
IV.

Essay
Direction: Answer the following question briefly. (5 pts.)

1. Compare and contrast the erosion caused by a steep mountain stream

with the erosion caused by a river flowing over nearly flat land.