Earth Science MSTEP Review

What is weathering?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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What is erosion?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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All the water on Earth is known as...

• sediment

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

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Small pieces of rock that have been weathered from a larger rock are known as...

• sand

• sediment

• soil

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The scientific term for land, crust or rock is...

• hydrosphere

• dirt

• lithosphere

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What is groundwater?

• any form of liquid water
• water that is not moving
• water on Earth's surface
• water below Earth's surface

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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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How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

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Which agents  break down earth materials?

• wind only
• earthquakes and gravity
• ice and 007
• wind, water, and ice

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What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

• Ice wedging
• Glacier
• Iceberg
• Dune