Earth Science Quiz

What is sediment?

• occurs when the eroded materials are dropped or laid down

• fragments of weathering rocks

• the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical process

• the process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another

What are glaciers?

• They are winding rivers that carry sediment to a delta

• They are waves that constantly crash against the shoreline.

• They are huge masses of ice that move slowly over land.

• They are sand dunes that form from wind depositing sediments.

What is erosion?

• When sediment is transported from one place to another

• When eroded materials are dropped or laid down.

• when sediment or rocks are broken down

• when rocks react with oxygen and water

What is deposition?

• When sediment is transported from one place to another

• When eroded materials are dropped or laid down.

• when sediment or rocks are broken down

• when rocks react with oxygen and water

__________________ happens when rocks on Earth's surface break apart or change without moving anywhere.

____________________ is the movement of soil and rock by wind, water, ice, and gravity.

_____ occurs when eroded materials stop moving and begin to build up.

____________________ is solid material (matter) moved by wind and water that settles on the surface of land or the bottom of a body of water.

The triangular-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river is called...

• an island

• an earthquake

• deposition

• a delta