Changing Earth's Surface Quiz

Chemical weathering changes the materials that are part of a rock into new materials.

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Deposition is the laying down or settling of eroded material.

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The physical and chemical processes that change objects on Earth’s surface over time are called weathering

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Erosion is the moving of weathered material from one location to another.

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Physical weathering breaks rocks into small pieces without changing the composition or chemical make-up of the rock.

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Streams are active systems that weather and erode land and deposit sediments.

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The shape of the landforms created by water erosion and deposition does not depends on the speed of water movement and the depositional environment.

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A meander is a broad, C-shaped curve in a stream.

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Meanders can make a stream into a large, snake-shaped feature in the land.

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Moving water can cause great changes both on and below Earth’s surface.

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