Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science

Chapter 21: Earth’s Changing Surface

Standardized Test Practice

1
What type of glacier forms at the top, or head, of river valleys in mountainous regions?
A)oceanic glaciers
B)valley glaciers
C)large glaciers
D)continental glaciers
2
Which is a mixture of weathered rock, organic matter, water, and air?
A)soil
B)feldspar
C)rock rust
D)parent material
3
Which is the dropping of sediment load?
A)erosion
B)deposition
C)weathering
D)transporting
4
Which develops as force within a stream is exerted sideways?
A)mouth
B)source
C)floodplain
D)tributary
5
Which forms at the front of a glacier?
A)end moraine
B)lateral moraine
C)medial moraine
D)ground moraine
6
What is the process that leaves resistant rock remaining in the landscape?
A)deposition
B)sediment transport
C)differential weathering
D)infiltration
7
Which of the following is a rock layer that stores and transmits water?
A)soil
B)aquifer
C)fossil
D)water table
8
What is the term for a region that collects water for a stream system?
A)drainage basin
B)water table
C)infiltration
D)sediment transport
9
What is the measure of the ability of a fluid to pass through a material?
A)uniformitarianism
B)permeability
C)deposition
D)infiltration
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