Unit 1 Constructive and Destructive Forces 25 RETAKE (5th)

What is one way wind can change the surface of the Earth?

• Wind can melt rocks into lava

• Wind can carry small particles that scrape and weather down rocks

• Wind can freeze water inside rocks

• Wind can make rocks grow larger

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When mountains are young, like the Rocky Mountains, they are very tall, with sharp jagged shapes. When mountains are old, they are lower and very round. The pictures below show young mountains on the left and old mountains on the right.Which of the following processes makes mountains become rounder as they age?

• volcanic eruptions

• mountain building

• deposition

• weathering

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Which picture demonstrates a constructive force?

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Processes that destroy, or tear down, landforms

• constructive forces

• construction zones

• destructive forces

• landform destroyer

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 In what way is a dam and a levee alike?

• hey are both built across a river.

• They are both built along the banks of a river.

• hey are both made of pipes that carry away storm water.

• They are both structures built by people to block or slow the flow of water

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What natural force is most likely responsible for the formation of the narrow passage through the cliffs in the picture?

• Blowing wind eroded the soil

• Flowing water eroded the soil

• Ocean waves deposited soil

• Gravity moved and deposited soil

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Jasmine made a stream table by putting some sand on a cookie sheet. She tilted the sheet and ran water down it. Which of these could Jasmine learn from the stream table?

• how freezing water causes weathering

• how running water weathers stone

• how to protect streams from too much erosion

• how erosion caused by running water shapes land

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The natural processes that build up or create the Earth's surface features

• delta
• destructive forces

• Constructive forces

• sediment

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The process of laying down soil moved from another location by natural forces

• mechanical weathering
• chemical wearthering
• delta
• deposition

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Reorder the following to show the order in which they take place

• Those sediments eventually get deposited somewhere.

• Rocks are first broken down by weathering into sediments.

• Those sediments get carried by wind, water, glaciers, or gravity.

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