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Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

Test Description: Weathering

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1) The process in which Earth's broken down materials are moved from one place to another.

Aerosion Blandform Cdeposition Dweathering

2) The process in which Earth's materials are broken down into smaller pieces.

Aweathering Blandform Cerosion Ddeposition

3) The process in which Earth's materials are deposited by wind, water, or ice.

Aerosion Bdeposition Clandforms Dweathering

4) What might be a cause of weathering, erosion, or deposition?

Awater, wind, ice Bheat Ca hammer Dair, heat, noise

5) Which of the following is NOT a form of weathering?

Awater moving particles from rocks downstream BIce grinding the rocks Cplant roots growing through the rocks DRocks rubbing against each other

6) Which is a form of the weathering process?

AA flood carries sediment that settles in a new location BA glacier moves across the landscape, dropping rocks and soil as it moves CWater freezes in tiny holes inside a rock, breaking the rock apart as the ice expands DHeavy rains wash soil and sediment down a hillside

7) Which of the following describes ice changing the Earth's surface by erosion?

AA mound of rock is left as glacier ice melts and the glacier retreats BWater freezes in the cracks of a rock causing bigger cracks to form CSediment frozen in the ice of a glacier moves as the glacier moves DHeavy ice presses down on sediment causing the formation of sedimentary rock

8) When weathering, grinding, wind, ice, and water break rocks down into smaller pieces, these smaller pieces are called

Amechanical energy Bsediment Clandforms Dhumus

9) Weathering can be caused by

Aall of the above Bwaves Cice Dwind

10) Soil erosion happens when soil is carried away by wind or water. Which of the following is a way for a farmer to keep wind from eroding the soil?

Aspraying the field with chemicals Bplanting trees along the edge of the field Cremoving weeks growing around the crops Dplowing the plants in the field under

11) Imagine you find two different rocks. Rock A is jagged with rough edges. Rock B is smooth. Which statement best compares the two rocks?

ARock A and Rock B are the same BRock B has been weathered more than Rock A CRock A has been weathered more than Rock B DRock A has been broken more than Rock B

12) Wind can move sand into a pile and form a sand dune. Which processes caused this to occur?

Aweathering and run-off Bweathering and erosion Cerosion and deposition Dweathering and deposition

13) The formation of a river delta is an example of:

Aerosion Bdeposition Cweathering Dcompaction

14) If a stream runs down a mountain carrying weathered rock, where would the MOST deposition occur?

AUnder ground BWhere the river curves CNear the bottom of the stream DNear the source of the water (at the top)

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