Shaping Earth's Surface

What is weathering?

• The removal and transport of weathered material

• The physical and chemical processes that change objects on Earth’s surface over time

• A large deposit of sediment

• A type of coastal erosion

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What is abrasion?

• A type of chemical weathering

• A broad C-shaped curve in a stream

• The grinding away of rock by friction or impact

• A pile of windblown sand

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What is chemical weathering?

• The process that changes the material that the rock is made of into new material

• The laying down or settling of eroded material

• A type of physical weathering

• A natural process that can destroy landforms

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What is a delta?

• A type of coastal erosion

• A large deposit of sediment where a stream enters a large body of water

• A pile of windblown sand

• An underground layer of rocks

What is an aquifer?

• A type of physical weathering

• A broad C-shaped curve in a stream

• An underground layer of rocks, sand, and gravel filled with groundwater

• A type of coastal erosion

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What is a constructive force?

• A natural process that can destroy landforms

• Forces that build up an existing landform or create a new one

• The removal and transport of weathered material

• A type of chemical weathering

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What is a large, natural stream of water that flows over land and can be wide and deep or shallow enough to wade across?

• Lake

• Glacier

• River

• Marsh

What is a standing body of water surrounded by land, generally calm and stable, and can be fresh or salt?

• River

• Lake

• Glacier

• Sinkhole

What is the process called when water enters the cracks in a rock, freezes, expands, and eventually breaks the rock apart?

• Erosion

• Ice wedging

• Acid rain

• Surface area

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What is a large mass of ice that forms on land and erodes the Earth's surface as it moves slowly across it?

• Mountain

• Glacier

• Plain

• Prairie

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