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Rain can wash harmful materials into storm drains. Where do these materials end up?
a) in water treatment plants
b) in dams
c) deep inside the Earth
d) in rivers and other bodies of water

Where are levees built?
a) near dams
b) along the banks of rivers
c) across rivers
d) along roadways

Which of these processes wears down Earth's surface?
a) deposition
b) contour plowing
c) beach nourishment
d) weathering

Land is pushed up along one side of a fault
a) during an earthquake
b) as a result of a tsunami
c) during a volcanic eruption
d) as a result of weathering

Which does not help prevent flooding?
a) dams
b) levees
c) seismographs
d) storm drains

Freezing and thawing of water in rock can cause
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) flooding
d) deposition

What is sediment?
a) melted rock underground
b) melted rock that flows out of a volcano
c) material deposited by wind, water, or glaciers
d) a break in Earth's crust

What is a tsunami?
a) a movement of magma inside Earth's crust
b) a volcanic eruption
c) a shaking of the ground
d) a huge ocean wave

Which landform is created by wind?
a) floodplain
b) delta
c) dune
d) mountain

A seismologist is a scientist that studies
a) floods
b) volcanoes
c) earthquakes
d) plants

Glaciers moving boulders is an example of
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) deposition
d) eruption

How are earthquakes and volcanoes alike?
a) They are only destructive processes.
b) They are only constructive processes.
c) They are both constructive and destructive processes.
d) They look alike

Deposition is a process that
a) moves rocks to a new place.
b) builds mountains.
c) breaks down rock.
d) drops rock in a new place.

Can we predict when an earthquake will occur?
a) sometimes
b) never
c) yes
d)

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen most often near
a) beaches
b) islands
c) mountains
d) faults

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