Constructive and Destructive Forces

A glacier deposited large amounts of sediment after it had melted. Is this an example of a constructive or destructive force?

• constructive

• destructive

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A river created a canyon over many years...

• constructive

• destructive

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A delta is formed at the mouth of the river...

• constructive

• destructive

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A sand dune is created at the beach.

• constructive

• destructive

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Is the example below describing a constructive or destructive process?

 

Waves eroded away the sand of the beach. 

• constructive

• destructive

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Is the example below describing a constructive or destructive process?

 

A volcano erupts and erodes the top of the mountain away...

• constructive

• destructive

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Is the example below describing a constructive or destructive process?

 

A glacier creates U-shaped valley as it moves through the mountains...

• constructive

• destructive

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What does deposition create at the mouth of a river?

• beach

• river

• delta

• levee

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Volcanoes can create new land when they release ______________

• water

• lava

• mud

• faults

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Which of these is CAUSED by chemical weathering?

• Formation of U shaped valleys

• rust

• ice expanding cracks in rocks

• desert pavement

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