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________________breaks it

_________takes it.

__________ drops it.

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

• forming new land features.

• breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

• washing away beaches.

• moving topsoil.

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

How do plants weather rocks?

• During photosynthesis

• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.

• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.

• Plants don't weather rocks.

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

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Landslides

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

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Extreme temperature changes in the desert cause the rock to expand and contract and eventually split.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Sand settles on the beach after waves dropped it there. This is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition