Unit 3 Earth 5.7AB

The process of dropping sediment in a new location

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

The process of breaking rock into smaller pieces

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

• forming new land features.

• breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

• washing away beaches.

• moving topsoil.

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What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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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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A delta is formed by the process of -

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• condensation

_____ is the process by which soil and sediment (weathered rock) are transported (moved) from one place to another by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Running Water

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What is the small broken down pieces of rock called?

• dirt
• grime
• sediment
• popcorn

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Rocks being picked up and carried downstream is an example of ____________.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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Rock made of layers of compressed (compacted) sediments

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• school house rock