Bell Work-Jan 12

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

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Decomposition

The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...

• deposition
• erosion
• weathering
• faults

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

Waves dropping sand at the beach is an example of:

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

____ is flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

• forming new land features.

• breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

• washing away beaches.

• moving topsoil.

Sea Arches are a result of

• wind weathering
• water erosion
• deposition of sediment

A delta is made of sediments deposited at the mouth of a river. A delta forms where the river meets the ocean because the ocean--

• makes the river slow down and deposits sediment

• contains salt water and river have fresh water

• is usually much colder than the water in the river

• has powerful currents that weather rock on the shore

This landform was created by -

• Glacier

• Landslide

• Water

• Wind

The Grand Canyon is more than 400 km long and in some places almost 2 km deep. Which model best represents the main process that formed the Grand Canyon?

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