Changes in Landscapes Test

An example of ________ is wind blowing sand from one place to another.

Tiny bits of soil or rock that have been broken down and deposited...

• sediments

• fossils

Paleontologists are scientists that study...

• living things or organisms that lived long ago

• the Earth and its features

• All correct

• All incorrect

When soil and rocks are dropped off in another place it is called...

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

The sediment carried away by the river and deposited on the bottom of a larger body of water forms...

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Delta

A deposit of wind-blown sand is a...

• Delta

• Mountain

• Sand dune

Where snow collects quickly and melts slowly, it forms...

• Snowballs

• Glaciers

• Icebergs

Which happens during physical weathering?

• It snows

• Rocks are chemically changed into limestone.

• The size and the shape of rocks are changed.

• Rust is created from the combination of water and air

The break down of rock, soil, minerals and other materials is...

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

The altering of rocks as a result of exposure to different substances..

• Chemical weathering

• Physical weathering

• Abrasion