Earth's Changing Surface

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

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Which feature forms from wind deposition?

• flood plains
• sand dunes
• deltas
• moraines

Deposition is a process that ______________.

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

What is weathering?

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

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what are 3 agents of erosion

• waves, wind, glaciers

• ice, water, sand

• solid, liquid, and gas

• wind, gas, glacier

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

• weathering

• sedimentation

• erosion

• cementation

Rocks can change form.

• True
• False

Which type of rock is formed by weathering and erosion, then compaction and cementation?

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock

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