How does water shape Earth?

1. Erosion and weathering can both cause changes to the surface of Earth. Which of the following happens only because of erosion and NOT because of weathering?

• Rocks form deep underground

• Rocks become smooth and round.

• Rocks are broken apart into small pieces.

• Rocks are moved from one place to another.

2. The freezing and thawing action of water affects a rock by

• transforming the rock into igneous rock.

• chemically changing the rock.

• gradually breaking down the rock into smaller pieces.

• leaving behind sedimentary particles from evaporated solutions.

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3. What is responsible for shaping this arch?

• plate tectonics

• earthquakes

• deposition

• erosion

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4. Moving water was the most important factor in forming which of these landforms?

• Mount. St. Helens

• Mount Everest

• The Grand Canyon

• The Statue of Liberty

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5. Weathering and erosion are quick changes to the earth's surface.

• True

• False

6. The picture below show how an island changed over time. Which of the following processes most likely caused the island to change?

• earthquakes over several days

• hurricanes over many months

• rain and flooding over years

• weathering and erosion over millions of year

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7.  The process in which materials are eroded by weather or ice and are dropped into a new place, creating a new landform

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

8.  All of the land that water flows over or through before reaching a lake or river is known as a ____________________.

• weathering

• erosion

• watershed

• deposition

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9. All watersheds are exactly the the same size.

• True

• False

10. Everyone lives in a watershed.

• True

• False

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