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A rock breaking apart by cracking or by acid rain are examples of

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition

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As part of a study of the effects of urbanization, local scientists have taken many data samples over the course of 20 years. The scientists detected increases in local soil erosion, carbon dioxide levels, and air temperatures. What most likely caused these changes?

• deforestation of woodlands

• decreased water quality

• altered water flow

• erosion of topsoil

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Which diagram represents a side view of a sand dune most commonly formed because of the prevailing wind direction shown?

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What phenomena takes place that results in the formation of new crust at mid-ocean ridges?

• Earthquakes

• Inner Core turbulence

• plate tectonics

• erosion of mountain ridges

• magma rising to the surface

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Mountains like the Himalayas in southern Asia form because these plate boundaries collide...

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Transform Plate Boundary

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What type of fault is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Insurgent

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The diagram shows a cross-section of the lithosphere. Point C represents a boundary between two tectonic plates. The plates shifted in opposite directions.

What occurred at Point A as a result of this movement?

a release of energy that caused

an earthquake the formation of a tsunami, or

underwater seismic wave the formation of a hot spot

the sinking of one plate under another

• A release of energy that caused an earthquake

• the formation of a tsunami, or underwater seismic wave

• the formation of a hot spot

• the sinking of one plate under another

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How do these rock formations support the idea that Earth has changed due to natural processes?

• It has changed because of Erosion

• It has changed because of Plate Tectonics

• It has changed because of gravitational pulls of the Earth

• It has changed because of different rock layers.

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...

• physical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• chemical weathering

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How is the Earth's Surface Changing?

• Plate Tectonics

• Geothermal Activity

• Plate Movement

• All of these

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