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The process in which Earth's broken down materials are moved from one place to another.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) landform

The process in which Earth's materials are broken down into smaller pieces.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) landform

The process in which Earth's materials are deposited by wind, water, or ice.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) landforms

What might be a cause of weathering, erosion, or deposition?
a) air, heat, noise
b) water, wind, ice
c) a hammer
d) heat

Which of the following is NOT a form of weathering?
a) Rocks rubbing against each other
b) Ice grinding the rocks
c) plant roots growing through the rocks
d) water moving particles from rocks downstream

Which is a form of the weathering process?
a) Heavy rains wash soil and sediment down a hillside
b) A flood carries sediment that settles in a new location
c) A glacier moves across the landscape, dropping rocks and soil as it moves
d) Water freezes in tiny holes inside a rock, breaking the rock apart as the ice expands

Which of the following describes ice changing the Earth's surface by erosion?
a) Water freezes in the cracks of a rock causing bigger cracks to form
b) A mound of rock is left as glacier ice melts and the glacier retreats
c) Sediment frozen in the ice of a slow-moving glacier forms a U-shaped valley
d) Heavy ice presses down on sediment causing the formation of sedimentary rock

When weathering, grinding, wind, ice, and water break rocks down into smaller pieces, these smaller pieces are called
a) humus
b) sediment
c) landforms
d) mechanical energy

An example of a renewable resource is
a) oil
b) coal
c) natural gas
d) wood

Earthquakes can occur on land AND on the ocean floor.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

A landslide causes
a) large amounts of soil move at once
b) nearby air to move fast
c) tornadoes to form
d) lava to flow

Wind can move sand into a pile and form a sand dune. Which processes caused this to occur?
a) weathering and erosion
b) weathering and deposition
c) erosion and deposition
d) weathering and run-off

The formation of a river delta is an example of:
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) compaction

If a stream runs down a mountain carrying weathered rock, where would the MOST deposition occur?
a) Near the source of the water (at the top)
b) Where the river curves
c) Under ground
d) Near the bottom of the stream

Canyons are formed by
a) earthquakes
b) rivers
c) ice
d) volcanoes

Fossil fuels are formed from
a) erosion and deposition
b) heat and pressure
c) heat and cementation
d) weathering and compaction

The process for forming sedimentary rock is
a) 1 weathering, 2 erosion, 3 deposition
b) 1 weathering, 2 cementation, 3 erosion
c) 1 weathering, 2 erosion, 3 deposition, 4 compaction, 5 cementation
d) 1 weathering, 2 compaction, 3 cementation, 4 deposition, 5 compaction

Which lists the soil type in order from retaining the most water to the least water?
a) loam, sand, gravel, clay, silt
b) gravel, sand, loam, silt, clay
c) silt, loam, clay, sand, gravel
d) clay, loam, silt, sand, gravel

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