Earth's Surface

What happens when weathering and erosion work together?

• New Mountains are created

• The climate changes overnight

• Metal objects become rusty

• They change the Earth's surface

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The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition 

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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 

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Which of these is an example of erosion

• Light Shinning onto a mountain

• Rain breaking down rock 

• Wind blowing away sediment

• All of the above

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The process by which land sinks with little or no horizontal movement is know as ​ (a)  

• subsidence

• compounding

• quarrying

• reclamation

What is the major cause of weathering and erosion to form canyons?

• wind

• ice

• glaciers

• moving water

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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

Which agents  break down earth materials?

• wind only

• earthquakes and gravity

• ice and 007

• wind, water, and ice

Water _______ through pores in rock layers, creating an aquifer.

• clears

• seeps

• jumps

• argues

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After sediment has been carried down a stream, the stream eventually loses energy and ___________ the sediment in a new location.

• waves goodbye to

• drinks

• doesn't care about

• deposits

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