How the Earth Changes

What is the vocabulary word for the physical features on the Earth's surface?

• landforms

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

Give an example of a landform on the Earth.

What is the process of breaking rock into silt, sand, clay and other tiny pieces, called sediment. Water is an important agent or cause of this....

• landforms

• weathering

• erosion

• mountain

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After weathering has broken rock into sediment, erosion and deposition move sediment around and leave it in new places. What is the process of moving sediment from one place to another?

• landforms

• deposition

• pizza

• erosion

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After weathering has broken rock into sediment, erosion and deposition move the sediment around and leave it in new places. Which is the process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new location.

• erosion

• chicken nuggets

• deposition

• landforms

Which are examples of mass movement?

• mudslides

• landslides

• creep

• all of the above

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What forces cause erosion and deposition? Choose the best answer.

• water

• water, wind, glaciers, gravity and forces within the Earth

• wind

• gravity

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The outer layer of the Earth, made of rock.

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

The layer of rock beneath Earth's crust.

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

The center layer of the Earth.

• core

• crust

• mantle

• baseball