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Soil is made of

• weathered rocks and minerals
• dead plants and animals
• air and water
• all of the above

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What causes erosion?

• ice and snow
• wind and ice
• weathering and deposition
• wind, water and other natural causes

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What is weathering?

• the process of moving sediment from one place to another
• the breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface
• the remains of decayed plants and animals

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called __________.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
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Sand dunes can be viewed in the picture. What is the best way to simulate the formation of sand dunes?

• Use a hair dryer to blow sand into piles showing how wind can deposit sand in new locations.

• Use ice to move sand from one place to another the way that a glacier would on the earth's surface.

• Use water and sand to show how water can move sand from one place to another through the process of erosion.

• Use sand and a shaky table to show how earthquakes can move parts of the earths surface.

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A destructive process

• builds up landforms

• breaks down landforms

• makes volcanoes

• moves tectonic plates

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Dalton noticed that recent rain had loosened up the dirt in his backyard. As a result, much of the dirt had moved around. There were holes and mounds where the dirt had been level before. This is an example of which of the following?

• An earthquake

• Weathering

• A mudslide

• Erosion

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What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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This shows what kind of weathering?

• physical/mechanical

• biological

• chemical

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