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Many large rivers deposit huge amounts of sediment where they slow down or reach the sea. After many years, these sediments can add up to form a deep layer.

• True

• False

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Sediment is heavier than water.

• True

• False

Rock that is formed from deposited sediment is called:

• shale

• obsidian

• sedimentary

• limestone

Any eroded material, such as weathered rock, sand, and soil, that is deposited in a new place.

• sand

• run off

• deposition

• sediment

When rainwater hits the soil, it loosens the soil at the surface. This is the beginning of what process?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• warming

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Explain how rainwater can weather away rock

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The chemicals that rock is made out of.

• chemicals

• sediment

• particles

• minerals

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What is ice wedging?

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A slowly moving river of ice.

• stream

• glacier

• ice berg

• ice cube

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What do glaciers deposit?

• rock and sand

• rock, sand, and mud.

• water, rock, sand and mud