Slow Changes to Earth's Surface

Weathering is

• The movement of sediment from one location to another

• the breaking apart of larger rocks into smaller pieces called sediments

• the dropping or settling of sediment

• how clouds are formed

The movement of sediment from one location to another

• Weathering
• Deposition
• Erosion
• Earthquake

the dropping or settling of sediment

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

When water seeps into a crack in the rock and freezes, eventually breaking it apart is called...

• root wedging

• glaciers

• ice wedging

• erosion

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A cliff formed near the ocean. Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

• Warm air melted the rock.

• Sun rays evaporated the rock.

• Ocean waves washed away rock.

• Plant roots pushed away the rock.

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What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

• A glacier

• An iceberg

• An ice wedge

• A sand dune

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How do plants weather rocks?

• During photosynthesis

• when plants grow between cracks in a rock forcing it apart and breaking it

• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.

• Plants don't weather rocks.

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Which of the following is NOT a slow change to Earth's surface?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Landslides

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Some agents of weathering are water, wind, ice, and plant roots.

• true

• false

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Weathering and erosion are the same thing.

• True
• False

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