Science Chapter 9 Changes to Earth's Surface

Which landform is always found along the coast?

• mountain

• penninsula

• Valley

Which can cause physical weathering?

• water

• crust

• landforms

• acid

Rain moving soil down a mountain is _____.

• erosion

• weathering

• delta

• deposition

What builds up areas of Earth's surface?

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

What is formed when carbon dioxide mixes with rain to form a weak acid?

• acid rain

• weathering

• earthquake

• volcano

Earth's surface is constantly changing.

• False

• True

Changes to Earth's surface always takes a long time.

• False

• True

Why would people put big rocks along their shoreline at a lake?

• to stop volcanoes

• to stop deposition

• to stop erosion

What is happening all the time on Earth?

• plateau

• delta

• weathering

What helps erode landforms of the Earth by sliding across the surface and wearing it away?

• glaciers

• volcanoes

• earthquakes