Changing Earth

A constructive force is one that . . .

• breaks land down
• causes erosion
• builds up land
• causes no changes 

The process that presses sediments together

• deposition
• sedimentation
• compaction
• weathering

The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock

• weathering
• sedimentation
• erosion
• cementation

The process by which sediments settle out of water or wind

• deposition
• cementation
• weathering
• erosion

The process that breaks up rock on Earth's surface?

• deposition
• erosion
• compaction
• weathering

Which is the correct sequence to form sedimentary rock?

• cementation compaction sedimentation
• sedimentation
  compaction
  cementation 
• sedimentation
  cementation
  compaction
• compaction
  sedimentation
  cementation

How does wind abrasion work?

• Sediment is blown off a surface from wind.
• Wind-blown sediment strikes a surface.
• Wind blows large chunks of rock off a surface.
• Sediment falls off of a surface on its own.

What causes dunes to form?

• glacial deposits
• mountain building
• blowing wind
• movement along faults

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

A break in the Earth's crust 

• fault 
• mountain
• plate
• fossil