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- 1. Multiple Choice
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Decomposition
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?DepositionLandslideWeatheringErosion
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThis is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.WeatheringErosionDeposition
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order of the processes?they all happen at the same timeerosion, weathering, depositionweathering, erosion, depositionweathering, deposition, erosion
- 5. Multiple Choice
This type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.
Chemical weathering
Erosion
Mechanical weathering
Deposition
- 6. Multiple Choice
What do we call the process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup.
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
Erosion
Deposition
- 7. Multiple Choice
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—
keeps the rocks in place.
makes the rocks last longer.
expands cracks and breaks rocks.
causes rocks to fall in landslides.
- 8. Multiple Choice
A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?
Warm air melted the rock.
Sun rays evaporated the rock.
Ocean waves washed away rock.
Plant roots pushed away the rock.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?
A glacier
An iceberg
An ice wedge
A sand dune
- 10. Multiple Choice
How do plants weather rocks?
During photosynthesis
When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.
When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.
Plants don't weather rocks.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat caused the edges of these rocks to become smooth?rocks bumping and scraping against each other in a riverice scraping from a glaciersand blowing in the windplants growing roots
- 12. Multiple Choice
Some agents of weathering are water, wind, ice, temperature and plant roots.
true
false
- 13. Multiple Choice
What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?
Waves
Gravity
Glaciers
Wind
- 14. Multiple Choice
Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.
forming new land features.
breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.
washing away beaches.
moving topsoil.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWeathering and erosion are the same thing.TrueFalse
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the small broken down pieces of rock called?dirtgrimesedimentpopcorn
- 17. Multiple Choice
Rocks being picked up and carried downstream is an example of ____________.
weathering
erosion
deposition
- 18. Multiple Choice
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches
weathering
erosion
deposition
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhen camping in west Texas, we wake one morning to discover that our car and tent are covered with a thin layer of sand.WeatheringErosionDeposition
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow does planting grasses on the beach prevent erosion?It creates habitats for animals.It makes it less windy.The roots prevent sand from washing away.It prevents water from freezing.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Wind and water have eroded this rock to show the layers of sediment that were laid down (deposited) millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
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