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A _______ can be formed through weathering, erosion, and deposition.

• humus
• landform
• physical weathering
• rock

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Bobby observed that a metal trash can was covered with rust.  What type of weathering caused the rust on the trash can?

• Mechanical weathering 
• Wind weathering
• Chemical weathering
• Erosion weathering

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Erosion is one of the processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock. Which of these best describes the process of erosion?

• Pieces of rock or soil are carried from one place to another.

• Rocks are broken into smaller pieces that remain in the same location.

• Pressure compacts layers of sediment and turns them into rock.

• Sediment grains fall to the bottom of a lake to form sedimentary layers

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How is the river changing the valley over time?

• The river is drying up, exposing rocks

• The river becomes more narrow

• The river freezes

• The river is widening, covering more land and rocks.

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What caused the landform in this picture to form?

• wind

• ice

• gravity

• water

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Which does NOT cause erosion?

• plants

• water and wind

• glaciers and gravity

• animals

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Wind or water carrying away weathered pieces of sediment.

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• cementation

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The repeating processes of freezing and thawing of water in rocks cause cracks to form and grow larger and eventually break apart.

• true

• false

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Process that moves sediments and rocks from one place to another.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Pollution

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