Erosion and Weathering

What are the two ways that are used to change landforms in the destructive process?

• weathering and erosion

• ice and wind

• acid rain and waves

• plants and rivers

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How do plants cause weathering?

• none of the above.

• The roots of the plant can move the rock to another location.

• A plant cannot grow inside a rock

• as a root of the plant is grows into the rock it can break apart the rock

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Erosion would not happen without what?

• gravity

• people

• forests

• plants

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Describe weathering by ice?

• Ice melts and drops rocks into different locations.

• Ice does not cause any damage to rocks. The rocks are what damages the ice.

• water seeps into the cracks of rocks then freezes and expands. Breaking the rocks apart.

• none of the above

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Describe how a cave is formed?

• none of the above.

• people weather the land by drilling which can cause cave formations.

• landslides can cause caves to form under the earth's surface.

• Acid rain seeps into the cracks in the earth surfaces and eats away the rock.

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The breakdown of materials in the Earth's crust into sediment is called:

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Delta

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The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or glaciers is called:

• deposition

• drainage basin

• erosion

• weathering

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What is found at the bottom of a canyon?

• people

• lake

• ice

• river

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What word describes the landscape BEFORE the Grand Canyon was formed?

• flat

• rocky

• wide

• steep

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What can help erosion to speed up?

• rust

• acid rain

• floods

• water

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