Earth Processes Lesson

What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

The process of breaking up rocks is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

This type of plate boundary has one plate going underneath another plate.

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

• All of the above

Give a real life example of deposition.

Divergent plates are going in what direction?

• towards each other

• rubbing against each other

• going away from each other

• none of the above

How do plants weather rocks?

• during photosynthesis
• when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
• when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
• Plants don't weather rocks

Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of...

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

Where are the Rocky Mountains located?

• In the Western United States

• In the Northern United States

• In the Southern United States

• In Europe

True or False: The Rocky Mountains formed on the plate boundary.

• True.

• False.