Lesson 8 Test Review

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock & soil from one place to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• deposition
• wind only

_____________happens where agents of erosion drop or lay down sediment.

• Weathering only
• erosion only 
• Deposition
• compaction only

_________________happens when gravity moves sediment downhill.

• Weathering only
• Mass movement
• Erosion only
• Gravity

What causes mass movement?

• water
• wind
• gravity
• weather

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Decomposition

How do plants weather rocks?

• During photosynthesis

• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.

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

• Plants don't weather rocks.

Mounds of wind-deposited sand in deserts and on shorelines are

• sea arches
• sea stacks
• dunes
• cliffs

U shaped valleys are formed by

• rivers
• glaciers
• wind
• human activity

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.

A delta is formed by the action of -

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• condensation