When moving water leaves soil behind, it is called ________.

• erosion

• weathering

• corrosion

• deposition

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One example of erosion is when

• tree roots split apart a rock.

• soil builds up at the mouth of a river.

• water carries soil from a garden to a sidewalk.

• moving water makes river rocks smooth.

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Which of the following is an example of how wind changes Earth’s surface in a desert?

• sand ripples in the desert

• desert plants clustered together

• a pond forming after a storm

• fog forming in the desert

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Hera is walking along and notices that these rocks are very smooth and polished. What claim can you MOST LIKELY support with evidence about what happened to the rocks?

• They came from a volcano.

• They fell down the side of a mountain.

• They were weathered by living things.

• They were worn down by a flowing river.

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Salia walks along the beach and sees some rocks offshore. She observes a large rock formation and some smaller rocks offshore. She looks for evidence that the circled rock was weathered from the larger rock formation by wave action. How can she find evidence?

• Compare the size of the rocks.

• Measure the distance between the rocks.

• Compare the material that makes up the rocks.

• Drop a rock from on top of the formation and see where it lands.

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During a storm, rainwater can quickly erode soil by

• soaking into the soil and making it damp.

• getting absorbed by plant roots in soil.

• hitting and loosening the soil at the surface.

• All of the above.

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The oldest fossils are usually found

• floating in rivers.

• on ocean beaches.

• deep underground.

• on top of mountains.

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If a scientist finds fossilized trees in what is now a desert area, the fossils are evidence that the

• area used to have no carnivores.

• area used to home to small animals.

• climate there was once rainy.

• climate there has not changed much.

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Kenji visits a museum and looks at the collection of fossils. He sees many different types of fossils from huge dinosaur bones to tiny shells. Below are some of the fossils he sees.

Which of these fossils was made by an animal walking?

• Fossil A

• Fossil B

• Fossil C

• Fossil D

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Vivien looks at a map that shows black dots where earthquakes take place. She notices that many of the earthquakes fit into a pattern.

Based on this map, which of the following places has many earthquakes?

• the land area making up Australia

• the middle part of the Pacific Ocean

• the area forming a ring around the Atlantic Ocean

• along a line down the center of the Atlantic Ocean

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