5th Grade Earth Science

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Exfoliation

The process by which rock and soil are moved from one place to another is called-

• Chemical weatherin

• Erosion

• Mechanical weathering

• Deosition

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Which of these examples is deposition?

• wind blowing sand

• sand that was dropped on the beach by waves

• pebbles falling downhill due to gravity

• a tree root breaking a rock

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Select the answer that shows the order of events a rock goes through.

• erosion, weathering, deposition
• weathering, erosion, deposition
• deposition, weathering erosion
• erosion, deposition, weathering

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The sand dune was formed by-

• Water

• Ice

• Wind

• Snow

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Deltas are formed from the slowing of:

• glaciers

• ocean tides

• rivers

• wind

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A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.

• delta
• alluvial fan
• flood plain
• oxbow lake

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A glacier is __________

• a large deposit of freshly fallen snow that slides rapidly down a mountain

• series of frozen lakes that are located in the interior of continents

• a large body of ice that moves and floats across the earth's ocean

• large body of ice and snow that has movement across the Earth's surface

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THE MATERIALS CARRIED BY THE GLACIER SUCH AS ROCKS - BIG AND SMALL, SAND AND SILT ARE DEPOSITED TO FORM _____

• MUSHROOM ROCK

• INSELBERG

• VALLEY

• MORAINES

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What is a Sand dune?

• A cave of sand

• A deep hole on the ocean floor

• A puddle a water and sand

• A deep is a deposit of wind-blown sand