Weathering erosion deposition 9/25

What is erosion?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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How do plants in the soil affect how fast erosion happens?

• It doesn't affect erosion.

• It slows down erosion.

• It speeds up erosion.

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Volcanoes can be a constructive force because they produce mountains made of ash and lava

• True

• False

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Depostition is a process that...

• moves rock particles to new places.
• breaks down rock.
• builds mountains.
• drops rock particles in new places.

Earthquakes and volcanoes are______________ forces.

• constrcutive and destructive
• constructive
• physical changes
• destructive

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What is weathering?

• a type of climate
• the movement of rock pieces from one place to another
• the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
• a force that pulls pieces of rock downhill

The Grand Canyon is a result of which of these destructive processes?

• earthquake
• erosion
• tornadoes
• volcanoes

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What type of process most likely created the mountain chain seen here?

• Volcanic eruptions created the mountains over millions of years.

• Tectonic plates pushed together forcing one plate under the other and then pushing the land upward.

• Earthquakes broke the earth into pieces and parts of it fell into cracks between faults.

• A river flowed through the land and created the valleys between the mountains making them appear taller.

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A seismograph tells us what information about an earthquake?

• How deep within the earth the earthquake occurred.

• How far a tsunami will travel

• How much damage the earthquake caused

• How strong the earthquake is

When tectonic plates shift what happens?

• volcanoes erupt spewing lava
• it causes an earthqake
• hurricaines
• tornadoes

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