Hydrosphere and Geosphere

What is the process of weathered rock moving from one place to another called?

• erosion

• deposition

• floodplains

• hydrosphere

Which best describes a river delta?

• fast moving water

• sediment that builds up as a river flows into a larger body of water

• sediment that is deposited as a river flows out of a steep, narrow canyon

• when water collects on land that is normally dry

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What is a large, swirling storms that forms on tropical oceans?

• delta

• erosion

• flood

• hurricane

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What can make flooding worse?

• erosion

• draining wetlands and cutting down plants along a riverbank

• nutrients in soil

• none of the above

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How does erosion shape the land?

• Earth's surface is changed by living things.

• Erosion does not change the shape of the land.

• Erosion can only happen in the winter.

• Erosion carries the sediment and rock to another location, which changes the shape of the land.

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The geosphere includes . . .

• only solid rock

• only melted rock

• the solid and melted rock inside the Earth

• Solid rock, melted rock, soil, rock pieces, and landforms on Earth

How did the Hawaiian Islands form?

• a hot spot

• folding

• fault-blocking

• earthquakes

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A force that pulls things apart

• molten rock

• hot spot

• tension

• pushing

An example of folded mountains

• Himalayas

• Sierra Nevada

• Cascade Range

• Hawaii

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The outermost layer of Earth

• crust

• mantle

• core

• geosphere