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Students were developing a model using sugar cubes and water to explain how surface features in the environment can change. Which of the following processes does this model NOT demonstrate?

a) Weathering

b) Erosion

c) Deposition

d) Compaction

Which of the following is the best way to model the process of erosion?

a) Freezing a glass bottle filled with water causing the bottle to crack.

b) Using a bucket to pour water onto dirt, causing the sand to move to another location.

c) Using a hammer on rocks causing them to break.

d) Using a toy dump truck to move dirt from the top of a hill to the bottom.

Which of the following best explains how this delta forms?

a) water erodes the sediments and deposits them into the water.

b) water weathers the sediments and deposits them onto the existing land.

c) water deposits the sediments and then erodes them into the water.

d) water erodes the sediments and deposits them onto the existing land

Which of the following processes is this stream table NOT modeling?

a) Weathering

b) Erosion

c) Deposition

d) Land-form changes

Which of the following BEST describes what water is doing to this rock?

a) Chemical weathering

b) Mechanical weathering

c) Erosion

d) Compaction/Cementation

Which of the following best explains the process these students are modeling that changes surface features in the environment?

a) Erosion caused by water moves sediments downstream

b) Weathering caused by water moves sediments downstream

c) Deposition caused by water breaks down rock into sediments

d) Erosion caused by wind moves sediments downstream

Which of the following would occur as water continues to flow over the sediments on the surface in this stream table?

a) The larger sediments are deposited first and the smaller sediments are eroded more and deposited later.

b) The smaller sediments are deposited first and the larger sediments are eroded more and deposited later.

c) The larger sediments are deposited last and the smaller sediments are eroded less and deposited later.

d) The smaller sediments are deposited last and the larger sediments are eroded more and deposited later.

Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion?

a) gravity

b) wind

c) water

d) acid

Which of the following is NOT an example of deposition?

a) delta

b) volcano

c) landslide

d) dunes

Which of the following is a landform change this is a result of weathering, erosion, and deposition?

a) soil formation

b) beach and shoreline changes

c) metal rusting

d) All of the answer choices

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