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The removal and transportation of sediment, usually by wind, water, ice & gravity.
weathering
erosion
sedimentary rock
evaporation
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When rock gets broken down into smaller pieces at or near the Earth's surface.
lithification
erosion
weathering
igneous rock
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The most common form that water takes on Earth is
freshwater
groundwater
salt/ocean water
ice caps and glaciers
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In the water cycle, the sun beats down on surface water, turning it into water vapor and releasing it into the atmosphere. This process is called
sublimation
run off
infiltration
evaporation
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This is the process by which precipitation or water soaks into subsurface soils and moves into rocks through cracks and pore spaces
transpiration
run off
infiltration
evaporation
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True or false: Groundwater can be found in aquifers.
True
False
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If a glacier is melting faster than snow is accumulating, it is called
glacial growth
glacial retreat
calving
meltdown
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The following steps will create what type of rock: weathering, erosion, deposition, lithification
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
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Which of these things does NOT affect a glacier's speed?
thickness
color
steepness of slope
temperature
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These types of ocean currents are mainly powered by wind
Deep ocean currents
Surface ocean currents
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Our oceans provide us with
food
recreation
climate regulation
transportation
All of the above