Shaping the Earth

This process breaks rocks apart.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Melting

This process moves rock from one place to another.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Melting

This process sets down or leaves behind pieces of rock.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Melting

A deep groove that a river wears into rock over time is called what?

• Fault

• Canyon

• Moraine

• Delta

The piles of dirt and sediment that a river deposits at the mouth of a river are called:

• a delta

• a moraine

• a canyon

• a volcano

A small hill left behind by a glacier is a _______ . (We have lots of these in Wisconsin).

• Canyon

• Delta

• Moraine

• Volcano

T or F: The innermost layer of the earth is the mantle.

• True

• False

The word for the the amount of energy released in an earthquake is...

• Magnitude

• Fault

• Epicenter

• Seismogram

If water is running down a steep slope, the rocks it's passing will probably be weathered...

• slower

• faster

• not at all

Which number comes the closest to the number of plates in the Earth's crust?

• 5

• 105

• 1005

• 10,005