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What is weathering?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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What is erosion?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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What is deposition?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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Water freezing inside a rock and breaking it into smaller sediment is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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Beach waves dropping sand to create a beach is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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Water carrying sediment down a hill is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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Small pieces of rock that have been weathered from a larger rock are known as...

• sand

• sediment

• soil

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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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How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

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What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

• Ice wedging
• Glacier
• Iceberg
• Dune