CFE Science

Which image best shows the movement of sediments from one place to another?

• Deposition at the mouth of a river

• Deposition of sand in a sand dune

• A river eroding sediments

• A glacier weathering rocks

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Which diagram best represents the process

of weathering?

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• delta

• canyon

• cave

• sand dune

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• rapid moving water

• a hurricane

• burrowing animals

• volcanic activity

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• aolian arch

• river delta

• v shaped valley

• u shaped valley

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• water

• wind

• glaciers

• mud

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The process in which rock is broken down into

smaller pieces is –

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• compaction

• landslide

• u shaped valley

• sand dune

• canyon

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• Both are formed by the movement of glaciers.

• Both are formed by water eroding sediments.

• Both are formed by wind weathering rocks.

• Both are formed be deposition of sediments.

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Which student-created model best represents the formation of a delta?

• A student carefully placed pieces of gravel in

  a hill.

• A student set up a tray of sand and blew

  through a straw to form a hill of sand.

• A student poured water into a stream table

  filled with dirt and observed sediments get

  deposited at the end of the table in a

  triangular shape.

• A student packed damp sand in a tray then

  scraped a large ice cube along the bottom.

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