Earth's Surface Features Review

Define WEATHERING

• Severe storms

• The breakdown of rock

• The removal of rock

• Rock being set down in a new location

Define EROSION

• Rock being set down in a new location

• The breakdown of rock

• The removal of rock

• Weathering

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Define DEPOSITION

• The breakdown of rock

• The removal of rock

• Rock being set down in a new location

• Groundwater

How are beaches like this one created?

• Volcanic activity

• Heavy rains

• The breakdown of rock

• Upwelling

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Wind erosion is most effective without which of the following things?

• Moisture

• Obstacles

• High and low temperatures

• Gravity

Which scenario describes an interaction between the geosphere and the atmosphere?

• a fire burning down a tropical rainforest

• a volcanic eruption spewing ash into the air

• a flood causing a change in an area’s landscape

• a large amount of algae disrupting the gas balance of a pond

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In which horizon do plants grow?

• R
• B
• E
• A

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What process is responsible for soil formation on Earth?

• Uniformitarianism

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Gravity

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The Appalachian Mountains are gradually getting smaller over time.

What geologic process is responsible?

• Weathering

• The moon

• Volcanoes

• Deposition

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Chemical weathering is different from physical weathering because the rock....

• Changes into new substances

• Disappears completely

• Becomes a chemical

• Moves to a new location

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