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The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering
• Erosion

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The breakdown of rock material by physical and chemical processes is called...

• weathering 
• erosion
• oxidation
• deposition 

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How does an igneous rock become a sedimentary rock?

• Heat and pressure

• Melting and cooling

• Weathering/Erosion and Cementation

• Cycling

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What type of rock is made of tiny fragments of rocks?

• SEDIMENTARY

• IGNEOUS

• METAMORPHIC

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The process of breaking down earth materials into sediments is

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

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ANY rock can become sediments through the process called ________ and that process happens because of ________.

• melting and cooling, energy from the sun

• melting and cooling, energy from the interior of the Earth

• weathering and erosion, energy from the sun

• weathering and erosion, energy from the interior of the Earth

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The process that moves bits of rock or soil from one place to another

• Chemical weathering

• Physical weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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In your convection demonstration lab you determined that the heat that moved the colored water came from the hot mug. Where does the heat come from that moves the convection currents in the asthenosphere?

• equator

• mantle

• crust

• interior of the Earth

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If less energy entered than exited the Earth's System, what is true about the amount of carbon dioxide or methane in the atmosphere?

• Carbon dioxide or methane stayed the same

• Carbon dioxide or methane decreased

• Carbon dioxide or methane increased

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