Changes to the Earth's Surface

The diagrams  shows a natural process that weathers rock.
 Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?

• Frozen water dissolves the rock

• Water expands when it freezes

• Water breaks down the rock

• Frozen water becomes rock

How do plants weather rocks?

• Using photosynthesis

• By growing roots into the cracks of rocks and breaking the rock

• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves

• Plants don't weather rocks

The ___________of a mountain weathers the fastest

• bottom

• middle

• top

• all parts weather the same

How do plants in the soil affect how fast erosion happens?

• It doesn't affect erosion.

• It slows down erosion.

• It speeds up erosion.

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Human actions change the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

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How do sandy beaches form?

• Waves pounding pebbles into smaller and smaller peices

• Wind eroding pebbles into smaller pieces

• Water freezing and thawing, creating cracks and turning rocks into pebbles

• Rain wearing away rocks into smaller and smaller pieces

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Which rapid change can burn nearby areas and send ash into the air, but also help build up new land?

• earthquake

• landslide

• tsunami

• volcano

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Which of these statements describes a landslide (hint...there might be more than one answer!)

• large amounts of rock and soil move at once

• it can happen very quickly

• can cause a glacier to form

• can cause roads and rivers to be moved

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What might happen when plates of the crust slide past each other?

• a glacier forms

• an earthquake happens

• a plateau suddenly forms

• lava erupts from a hole

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Which of these takes the shortest amount of time to form?

• a volcanic island like Hawaii

• a range of mountains like the Himalayas

• a cave like Carlsbad Caverns

• a valley like the one Miss Geiser's parents live above

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