geology quiz

What caused this road to erode?

• Strong Wind

• Waves of Water

• Ice

• Humans digging

How is the river changing the valley over time?

• The river is drying up, exposing rocks

• The river becomes more narrow

• The river freezes

• The river is widening, covering more land and rocks.

What is deposition?

• Large pieces of rocks are carried by by animals

• Rocks stay attached to cliffs, without moving.

• Small weathered material, like rocks and soil, that have built up on land forms.

What most likely caused this rock to change?

• Water got into the crack and froze many times

• Wind quickly blew sand into the crack

• sunlight made the rock get hot and burst

• a karate chop (don't pick this)

The earth's surface is always

• the same
• changing
• smooth
• wet

Deposition changes the earth's surface by

• making holes in the earth's surface
• creating new landforms
• gushing lava
• cleaning the earth's surface

Erosion is the

•  laying down of earth’s weathered rocks 
• movement of weathered rock 
• breaking down of rocks  
• Katy Perry's new hit

Deposition is the

• breaking down of rocks  
• movement of weathered rock 
• laying down of earth’s weathered rocks 
• putting money in your bank

Some examples of slow changes are

• earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides

• weathering, erosion and deposition

• sloths in the rain forest

• turtle vs snail racing

This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition