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Weathering, Erosion, Deposition.
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What is the definition of weathering?
a) Breaking down of rocks into sediments
b) Movement of sediments from one location to another.
c) When sediment is dropped off by wind, water and ice.
d) It is cold outside.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is...
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Deposition
d)
Flood waters moving soil from one location to another is ...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
What is the definition of erosion?
a) the breaking down of rock into sediments
b) the movement of sediment from one location to another
c) the sediment being dropped off in another location by wind, water, or ice
d)
Rocks being made smooth by tumbling across a streambed
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
What is the definition of deposition?
a) breaking down of rock into sediment
b) the movement of sediment from one location to another
c) the dropping off of sediment by wind, water, and ice
d)
Water getting into cracks, freezing and thawing and breaking the rocks apart is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Waves dropping sand on a beach is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form a u-shaped valley is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is...
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d)
A V-shaped valley is created by ...
a) a glacier
b) a mudslide
c) a river
d) a flood
A U-shaped valley is created by...
a) A river
b) a glacier
c) a mudslide
d) a hurricane
Rocks made of layers of sediment is...
a) metamorphic rock
b) igneous rock
c) quartz
d) sedimentary rock
The wind can blow sand around to form a...
a) sand dune
b) oxbow lake
c) glacier
d) delta
Deltas are formed when...
a) sediments are blowing in the wind.
b) sediments are carried to the mouth of a river and dropped off.
c) sediments are broken apart.
d)
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