4th Science CA#4 Review

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion

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What is sediment?

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

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The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...

• weathering
• erosion

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Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion

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The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Decomposition

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Deposition changes the Earth’s surface because bits of broken rock and soil _____.

• stop rivers from flowing.
• make rich farmlands.
• are dropped in new places.
• move very slowly.

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What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

• Waves
• Gravity
• Glaciers
• Wind

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What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

• A glacier
• An iceberg
• An ice wedge
• A sand dune

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