Scales Of Change

The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

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What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

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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 happens when weathering and erosion work together?

• New Mountains are created
• The climate changes overnight
• Metal objects become rusty
• They change the Earth's surface

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Deltas are mainly created by the process of -

• deposition

• weathering

• waves

• erosion

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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What is the movement of soil from one place to another?

• weathering

• deposition

• discharge

• erosion

Rocks are pushed upwards from the ground as the tectonic plates are moving. This allows rocks that were underground to break the surface.

• Uplift
• Compaction
• Deposition
• Deformation

An example of a small scale change is __________

• a landslide covering houses in mud.

• a volcano erupting and depositing lava around it.

• a wave rubbing sand against a rock, weathering it.

• an earthquake causing a cliff to fall into the ocean.

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How long does it take small changes to create something big like the Namib Desert?

• a week

• a year

• millions of years

• hundreds of years

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