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A deep valley with steep walls that cut into the earth caused by erosion from running water.

• Valley
• Canyon
• Gulf
• River

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The weathering of rocks into small pieces forms what natural resource?

• Minerals
• Water
• Coal
• Soil

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What has changed the shape of this cliff over time?

• ice freezing in the cracks
• rocks moving in a river
• sand blowing in the wind
• waves from the ocean

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What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

• A glacier
• An iceberg
• An ice wedge
• A sand dune

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

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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Water gets into the cracks of rock and freezes, causing the rock to break. What is this an example of?

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• compaction

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Stone Mountain in Georgia is a granite dome that formed deep underground. Over time, uplift and erosion exposed the granite. What natural activity is MOST responsible for breaking down the mountain today?

• faulting

• weathering

• stream erosion

• lightning

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Which of these are slow processes that can change the earth's surface. You can choose multiple answers.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• abrasion

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The breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock is called?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• abrasion

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This landform is formed by

• water erosion

• wind erosion and deposition

• glaciers

• weathering

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