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What is a constructive force?
A process that breaks down Earth's surface?
When soil and sediment gets carried away by water or wind.
A process that does nothing to change Earth's surface.
A process that builds up Earth's surface.
What is a destructive force?
A process that breaks down Earth's surface.
A process that builds up landforms by carrying sediment by water or wind.
A process that build up Earth's Surface.
When sediment and soil form rock.
Which of these processes build up Earth's surface?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
What type of process breaks down Earth's surface?
Constructive
Destructive
True or False: Erosion is a constructive force.
True
False
True or False: Weathering is a destructive force.
True
False
True or False: Deposition is a constructive force.
True
False
Why is weathering a destructive force.
Because it carries away sediment and pieces of rock that can make new landforms.
Because it breaks down rock into smaller pieces.
Because it pushes small pieces of rock into each other, making larger rocks.
Weathering is a constructive force, not a destructive force.
True or False: Weathering and Erosion are the same thing.
True
False
Which of the following is a constructive process.
Sand being made into a dune.
Water carving out rock, eventually creating a canyon.
Rocks being broken apart by tree roots.
Soil being washed away after heavy rain
Which of the following is a destructive force?
Deposition
Mountains forming from earthquakes
Erosion
Island being formed from volcanoes
Why is deposition a constructive force?
Because it carries sediment away
Because it breaks down rock into smaller pieces
Deposition is a destructive force
Because builds up Earth's surface by piling up sediment
True or False: Volcanoes are always a destructive force.
True
False
True or False: The Grand Canyon was formed by a constructive force.
True
False
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