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CBSE Class 9 Shaping of the Earth Surface — practice questions — page 4

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Chemical weathering happens when minerals in rocks react with what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which process wears away and carries soil and rock from one place to another?Read the answer and worked solution →Erosion in which moving ice scrapes and carries rocks is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →How does erosion hurt farmers most directly?Read the answer and worked solution →The Zabo system of soil and water conservation belongs to which Indian state?Read the answer and worked solution →Check dams across small streams help to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →What term covers natural forces that wear down, move and deposit material on land?Read the answer and worked solution →Which agent of gradation carves U-shaped valleys?Read the answer and worked solution →Groundwater dissolving limestone is most likely to form which landform?Read the answer and worked solution →Which valley shape do rivers often cut in their steep upper course?Read the answer and worked solution →Deltas and levees are mainly built in which stretch of a river?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do waterfalls form where a river crosses bands of different rock?Read the answer and worked solution →A winding bend in the middle or lower course of a river is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →On a river meander, where is sediment mostly deposited?Read the answer and worked solution →The Grand Anicut in Tamil Nadu is also known by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crops are named as typical of fertile delta soils?Read the answer and worked solution →A landform of sand, pebbles or rocks along a shoreline built by waves is a what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a cirque in glacial landscapes?Read the answer and worked solution →A fjord is formed when the sea floods which kind of valley?Read the answer and worked solution →Which landforms are deposits of debris left behind by glaciers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which moraine marks the furthest advance of a glacier?Read the answer and worked solution →Streamlined rock ridges carved by wind are known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Crescent-shaped dunes form where sand is limited and wind blows from one direction. What are they?Read the answer and worked solution →Star dunes with many arms form where winds come from what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cave formation hangs like an icicle from the ceiling?Read the answer and worked solution →What is another name for a sinkhole formed when ground collapses into a cavity?Read the answer and worked solution →What name is given to landforms of soluble limestone areas shaped by underground water?Read the answer and worked solution →Which natural cause of landslides involves water soaking into slopes?Read the answer and worked solution →A sudden collapse of a natural dam of ice or moraine releases what disaster?Read the answer and worked solution →A very heavy snowfall in a short time can trigger which mountain disaster?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Chemical weathering happens when minerals in rocks react with what?

  1. Only sunlight
  2. Water, air or acids
  3. Moving glaciers
  4. Sea waves alone
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Correct answer: B. Water, air or acids

Reactions with water, air or acids turn rock minerals into new substances.

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Which process wears away and carries soil and rock from one place to another?

  1. Weathering
  2. Erosion
  3. Folding
  4. Faulting
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Correct answer: B. Erosion

Erosion removes material and moves it by water, wind, ice or waves.

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Erosion in which moving ice scrapes and carries rocks is called what?

  1. Coastal erosion
  2. Wind erosion
  3. Water erosion
  4. Glacial erosion
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Correct answer: D. Glacial erosion

Ice moving over land is the agent behind glacial erosion.

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