Erosion

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

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• 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 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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What is the correct order of the processes?

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

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

• Weathering
• Erosion

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What force lays down sand in new locations?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Wheel barrow

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

• forming new land features.
• breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.
• washing away beaches.
• moving topsoil.

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Deposition changes the Earth’s surface because bits of broken rock and soil _____.

• stop rivers from flowing.
• make rich farmlands.
• are dropped in new places.
• move very slowly.

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