Which of these is an example of erosion?

Wind blowing away sediment to a new place on the mountain.

Rain breaking down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces.

How do plants weather rocks?

When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.

When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.

Which landform change is most easily controlled by humans?

a. A volcanic deposition of lava

c. Surface movement in earthquakes

d. Erosion of desert sand by wind

How does a jetty help to protect a beach?

c. It prevents the current from carrying away sand

a. It is too high for waves to rise above it

b. It holds back high water and then releases it slowly

d. It keeps sand from building up on the beach

What is the purpose of a levee?

a. Keeps rising floodwaters within channels.

b. Stops the flow of a river, forming a lake.

c. Traps sand and small rocks to protect beaches

d. Fills in channels, which then become too shallow for boats to pass through.

A seismograph tells us what information about an earthquake?

How deep within the earth the earthquake occurred.

How much damage the earthquake caused

What are the primary purposes for the use of dams?

To control floodwaters and store water for people to use.

To prevent droughts and reverse the flow of a river.

To keep unwanted marine organisms from moving down stream.

To make lakes so that people have a place to go fish.

What can we do to make this circuit pictured complete?

disconnect the wire from the lightbulb

How are electromagnets different from magnets?

you can turn an electromagnet on/off

magnets have a North and South pole

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An avalanche is an example of which process?

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Volcanic Eruption

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The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Decomposition

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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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A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

Warm air melted the rock.

Sun rays evaporated the rock.

Ocean waves washed away rock.

Plant roots pushed away the rock.

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What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

Deposition

Landslide

Weathering

Erosion

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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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What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

Waves

Gravity

Glaciers

Wind

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Milestones Mania 19

An avalanche is an example of which process?

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

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

A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

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

What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

Which of these is an example of erosion?

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor is an example of

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