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

The rivers, glaciers, underground water, winds and waves are known as ___________.

  1. agents of weathering

  2. agents of denudation

  3. internal forces

  4. agents of deposition
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Denudation is the process of lowering and leveling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth’s features. The agents which promote these breaking and lowering of the earth’s surface are called the agents of denudation.  Examples of agents of denudation are wind, running water, ice and waves.

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

Which is not an erosional feature of sea waves?

  1. Ox bow lake

  2. Beach

  3. Sea cave

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

Runoff, streams, and rivers carry sediment to the oceans. The sediment in ocean water acts like sandpaper. Over time, they erode the shore. The bigger the waves are and the more sediment they carry the more erosion they cause and form from wave erosion.

Ox bow lake are formed by the erosional work of river.

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

What is mass movements?

  1. When weathered particles move down due to gravity alone

  2. When chemical reaction takes place between water and iron

  3. When oxidation takes places between rocks

  4. None of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A 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

In periglacial regions along the slopes, small layers of soil accumulate because of the movement of soil. This is called ____________.

  1. Solifluction

  2. Erosion

  3. Landslide

  4. Slumping
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In periglacial regions along the slopes, small layers of soil accumulate because of the movement of soil. This is called solifluction.

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.