6th - 5.4

The movement of any material, such as rock or ice, down a slope is called ___.

• mass wasting

• glacial melting

• a rock fall

• weathering

Weathering of rock produces ____.

• a moraine

• meandering

• till

• soil

Which process helps turn rock into soil?

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

• weathering

• evaporation

Freezing water, moving water, plants and animals cause the breaking down of rock called ____.

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• deposition

• till

Oxygen and acids cause the breaking down of rock by changes in its chemical composition called ____.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• till

• deposition

The picking up and removing of rock pieces and other particles is called ___.

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• till

Erosion and deposition are primarily caused by ___ and water.

• wind

• power

• rock

• minerals

Rivers that flow from a high elevation carve ___ and cut through layers of rock to shape the land.

• channels

• moraines

• till

• wind

When a glacier melts, the rocks it carried fall to the ground in a jumble called ___.

• moraine

• till

• channels

• weathering

When a glacier melts, the rocks and sediment it held pile in front of or alongside the glacier, forming a(n) ____.

• till

• moraine

• weathering

• channel