Earth Science Review

Which of the following best explain how this canyon was formed?

• Floods eroded the sandstone away from the walls. 
• Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as it melted and moved
• Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon walls 
• Wind blew rocks that crashed into the canyon walls 

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Tectonic plates that move apart are

• transforming

• converging

• subducting

• diverging

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Tectonic plates that move towards each other and collide are

• transforming

• converging

• subducting

• diverging

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When one tectonic plate one goes under another plate it is

• transforming

• converging

• subducting

• diverging

Tectonic plates that slide beside each other are

• transforming

• converging

• subducting

• diverging

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Which is a destructive process where rocks, soil, roads, buildings are broken down into smaller parts?

• weathering

• erosion

• magma

• deposition

Which is the movement of materials from one place to another by natural methods, and can be both constructive (delta) or destructive (landslide)?

• weathering

• erosion

• magma

• deposition

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Which is the process whereby soil and rock that is eroded from one location is deposited as sediment in another location, such as the soil in the Mississippi Delta?

• weathering

• erosion

• magma

• deposition

What is the area where two or more tectonic plates meet and show movement called?

• drift

• fault

• magma

• trench

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What are sheets of very old ice the size of states that move along Earth’s surface called?

• glaciers

• trenches

• ridges

• drifts

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