Slow Land Changes

Slow changes like weathering, erosion, and deposition are the result of moving water and ice along with

• pressure

• heat

• tides

• wind

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This image shows a canyon. What natural force is responsible for creating this change to the Earth's surface?

• wind blowing

• water moving

• ice freezing

• snow falling

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Which of the following changes to the Earth's surface is mostly created by moving wind?

• large dunes moving

• rocks getting rounded

• deep cracks forming

• tall mountains rising

When ice forms, it causes weathering by

• holding water

• cooling wind

• lifting sediment

• breaking rocks

Stalagmites are cave structures that are formed by the movement of water and the buildup of minerals.  How might the water be able to create stalagmites?

• Freezing water can expand and push minerals.

• Water the drips slowly can leave minerals behind.

• Moving water can carry minerals away from caves.

• Condensation of water vapor can destroy minerals.

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Which of the following does NOT cause a slow change to the Earth's surface?

• wind

• water

• earthquake

• ice

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Deposition occurs when

• Sediments built up in one place as a result of the effects of wind, water, and ice.

• Rock is broken down into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water, and ice.

• Wind, water, and ice moving weathered materials down a mountain slide.

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Which of the following is a slow change to the Earth's surface?

• Hot lava creating new land from a volcano.

• A glacier scraping down the side of a mountain.

• Rocks falling down the side of a hill.

• An earthquake creating cracks on a road.

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A student was observing rocks he found at a river bed. The rocks he found smooth and rounded because the rocks

• rolled down a side of a mountain

• were in a river that had fast moving water.

• were part of a glacier that melted.

• formed from lava during an earthquake.

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This landform was created by

• glacier

• wind

• water

• landslide

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