Earth's Landforms and Oceans

How does water cause erosion?

• It makes rocks wet.
• It rains and get everything rainy and gooey.
• Rain, rivers, and ocean waves wash rock from one place and move it to another.
• Artic air and freezing rain can cause rocks to freeze.

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How does wind cause weathering?

• Wind does not cause weathering.
• Wind makes the clouds move.
• Wind is strong and cause tornadoes.
• Wind blows sand on the rock and wears it down. 

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What is the process where "weathered material has been carried away and then laid down (or dropped) somewhere else?"

• erosion
• gravity
• weathering
• deposition

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What is the picking up and moving of loose broken rock to a NEW place? 

• erosion 
• gravity
• weathering
• deposition

What  is the slow process that breaks rock into smaller pieces?

• erosion
• gravity
• weathering
• deposition

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What occurs when water rises over the banks or sides of a river?

• a landslide
• a flood
• an earthquake
• a huricane

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There is a large pile of rocks at the base of a mountain. What most likely caused this change?

• a landslide
• a volcano
• weathering
• erosion

A large boulder slowly becomes smaller over hundreds of years. How did this rock change size?

• People broke it into little pieces.
• Animals scratched it.
• Wind and rain weathered it.
• Plants used up all the nutrients.

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A plateau is the the flat plains of the lowlands.

• True

• False

Where could an island be found in South Carolina?

• the Midlands

• the Piedmont

• the Low Country

• The Up country