Changes to the Earth's Surface

Which landform is ALWAYS found on the coast?

• what is a landform?

• peninsula

• canyon

• mountain

Which of these causes physical weathering?

• landforms

• surface

• water

• I don't know

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Which statement is true about Earth's surface?

• All landforms on Earth's surface extend into water.

• Earth's surface is constantly changing.

• The rocks move, but they never change,

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Which describes what Earth undergoes all the time?

• weathering

• metamorphosis

• plateau

• crystallization

How is acid rain formed?

• With vinegar and water

• oxygen and rain

• rain and carbon dioxide

• rain and chemicals

What is an example of erosion?

• When rainwater moves soil down a mountain.

• When Earth's plates move.

• When wind moves pieces of rock

• when landforms cause physical weathering

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How does a glacier erode landforms?

• The pressure of the glacier melts the rocks underneath.

• The glacier, which is a mixture of rocks, soil, and ice slides across Earth's surface and wears it away.

• The glacier melts, and floating ice pushes rocks away.

• Glacier contains chemicals that cause rocks to break.

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How does deposition change Earth's surface?

• by destroying parts of Earth's surface.

• by causing earthquakes.

• by making an area unfit for growing plants.

• by building up areas of Earth's surface.

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Why would people do this at the beach?

• to stop volcanoes

• to stop landslide

• to stop erosion

• to stop deposition

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What causes a volcano to erupt?

• Earthquakes heat up magma, which explodes.

• Magma comes through the crust in a weak spot.

• Violent weather rubs the crust bare and the magma escapes.