Bell Work-Jan 18-4th

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

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Decomposition

Waves dropping sand at the beach is an example of:

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Weathering and erosion are slow changes.

• True

• False

Does an earthquake change the Earth's surface quickly or slowly?

• Quick

• Slow

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.

A delta formed at the mouth of a river is made by...

• deposition of sediment

• moving ice

• blowing wind

• plants and animals

This large rock was changed by..

• movement of rivers

• movement of ice

• movement of wind

• A landslide

The erosion that caused the changes in the coastline was...

• wind

• moving ice

• moving waves

• gravity and animals

What could slow down erosion of farmland?

• Plants and trees

• blowing wind

• sunlight

• rain