Changes on Earth's Surface

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Flood waters moving soil from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Rocks being made smooth by tumbling across a streambed

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Which of these is an example of erosion

• Light Shinning onto a mountain
• Rain breaking down rock 
• Wind blowing away sediment
• All of the above

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What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?

• wind
• ice
• glaciers
• moving water

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What is the correct order of the processes?

• they all happen at the same time
• erosion, weathering, deposition
• weathering, erosion, deposition
• weathering, deposition, erosion