Final Review

What does erosion do?

• Break down rock
• changes rock chemically
• changes sediment in rock
• moves broken pieces of rock, or sediment, from one place to another

Which feature forms from wind deposition?

• flood plains
• sand dunes
• deltas
• moraines

Erosion helps move ___________ from one place in order to deposit it someplace else.

• sediment
• transform
• erosion
• weathering

Deposition is a process that ______________.

• Dissolves sediment
• Removes sediment from landforms
• breaks down rock to form sediment
• drops sediment to form landforms

Where do deltas form?

• in desert areas
• on the banks of rivers
• at river mouths
• in valleys formed by glaciers

What is weathering?

• the break down of rock
• the transport of sediment
• a type of climate
• the aging of rock

Which landform is created by plates pushing together?

• Canyon
• Delta
• Mountain
• Sea arch

Which of these things cause weathering?

• Wind
• Water
• Ice
• All of these

Which of the following processes does NOT relate to the rock cycle?

• heat and pressure
• photosynthesis and respiration
• weathering and erosion
• heating and cooling

Heat and Pressure causes which type of rock? 

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock