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Earth's Changing Surface - TCI Unit 3 Lesson 1-4 Review
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- 1. Multiple Choice
When moving water leaves soil behind, it is called ________.
erosion
weathering
corrosion
deposition
- 2. Multiple Choice
Weathering is the natural process of
moving soil for a different location
loosening bits of rock from the soil
breaking down rock
materials settling out of the water
- 3. Multiple Choice
One example of erosion is when
tree roots split apart a rock.
soil builds up at the mouth of a river.
water carries soil from a garden to a sidewalk.
moving water makes river rocks smooth.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of tree roots slowing down weathering, erosion, and deposition?
Tree roots break large rocks near a river.
Tree roots hold soil in place near a river.
Tree roots get worn away by river water.
Tree roots grow very quickly near a river.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Hurricanes are powerful storms that can cause Earth’s surface to change. This tree’s roots pulled up soil when Hurricane Irma struck the Florida coast in 2017. What most likely caused the tree to pull up the soil?
Lack of sunlight caused the tree pull up the soil.
A lightning strike caused the tree to pull up soil.
Strong wind gusts caused the tree to pull up soil.
Rain from the storm caused the tree to pull up the soil
- 6. Multiple Choice
Eroded materials deposited in new areas is called
crust
mud
sediments
rock
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the process of ice wedging?
Blocks of ice freeze together and create a large block
Water in a pond freezes into a single piece of ice.
Cracks in a rock get bigger when water inside them freezes.
Snow and rocks are deposited in layers and form sedimentary rock.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Sand is made up of
powdered clay
weathered bits of rock.
dried out soil.
crushed animal bones
- 9. Multiple Choice
Hills called sand dunes form when
the roots of plants hold sand in one place.
water deposits in valleys.
wind deposits sand in one place.
burrowing animals dig holes.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Some plants, like moss, grow on rock and take minerals from it. It weakens the rock and causes it to break down. This is an example o
weathering
erosion
deposition
sediments
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of animals causing deposition?
Snails eat algae on the surface of a rock.
Prairie dogs make a burrow for shelter.
Beavers build a dam to block the flow of a river
Wild animals eat plants and uncover rock and soil.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWeathering isthe moving of sediments.the process of breaking down rockslarge sheets of ice that cover landhow clouds are formed
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich term describes the transport (movement) of weathered rock?WeatheringDepositionErosionEarthquake
- 14. Multiple ChoiceFlood waters moving soil from one location to another is an example ofweatheringerosiondepositionall of the above
- 15. Multiple ChoiceIdentify which way erosion cannot occur.waterwindglacierssunlight
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe Earth has always been as it is now.TrueFalse
- 17. Multiple ChoiceErosion is when rocks, sediment and soilbreak downdecomposemove to a new placestay in the same place
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDeposition is when rocks, sediment and soilbreak downmove to a new placesit in a new placebecome new soil
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