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Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

What are the types of mass movements?

  1. Rapid on steeper slopes

  2. Slower of gentle slopes

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When weathered particles move down due to gravity alone, the process is called mass movement. Mass movement occur in two ways; it is rapid on sleeper slopes while it is slower on gentle slopes.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

Sea caves are formed due to the ___________ work of sea waves.

  1. erosional

  2. depositional

  3. both a and b

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sea caves are coastal landforms created by the erosional power of waves striking against cliffs. The hydraulic action and abrasion of waves carve out cavities in the rock face.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

The process by which the weathered materials do not move downward but sink in situ is called _____________.

  1. solifluction

  2. slumping

  3. landslide

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Slumping in simple terms is recurring downward movements of rock debris. Slump is slipping of one or several units of debris with a backward rotation with respect to the slope over which the movement takes place. Thus, it is the process by which the weathered materials do not move downward but sink in situ.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

Which factors determine the deposition of sediments?

  1. Slope of the river

  2. Amount of sediments

  3. Length of river and volume of water

  4. All of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The factors that determine the deposition of sediments are the length of the rivers, volume of water, amount of sediments, and the slope of the river and the earth's surface.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

When weathered particles move down due to gravity alone, the process is called ____________.

  1. weathering

  2. landslide

  3. solution

  4. mass movement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

When gravity alone causes rock or sediment to move down a slope, the erosion is called mass movement. This process is also known as mass wasting. It is a process where a mass of rock debris down the slope under the direct influence of gravity. Weathering is not essential for mass movement, though it helps mass movement. Mass movement has two major classes namely:

1) Rapid movements.
2) Slow movements.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

In periglacial regions along the slopes, some small layers of soil get accumulated because of the movement of soil, this is called ____________.

  1. slumpinh

  2. solifluction

  3. landslide

  4. rockfall
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Solifluction is a process covered under the slow mass movements. It is a process that involves slow downslope flowing of soil mass or fine-grained rock debris saturated or lubricated with water. It is because permafrost (ground that remains completely frozen) is impermeable to water, soil overlying may become oversaturated and slide downslope under the pull of gravity. Thus, in periglacial regions along the slopes, some small layers of soil accumulated because of the movement of the soil are known as solifluction. 

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

When the base of the headlands get eroded, it give rise to near vertical slopes called ____________.

  1. sea cave

  2. beach

  3. wave cut platform

  4. sea cliff
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sea cliffs are usually formed by the process of weathering and erosion. In coastal areas the sea waves erode away the base of the headland. The part of rock that remains form a sea cliff.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

The portion of the land projecting into the sea is called _________.

  1. beach

  2. sea cliff

  3. sand bar

  4. headland
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A headland is an area of land that extends into a large body of water. It is often a cliff or other elevated landform overlooking a sea or ocean. It is formed when a softer rock in pushed or eroded inwards, the hard rocks sticks out in the sea.