Earth's Changing Surfaces

The Earth's surface does not change over time.

• True
• False

The Earth has always been as it is now.

• True
• False

Erosion and weathering are the same thing.

• True 
• False

Weathering is when rocks and sediment

• break down
• move
• stay in the same place
• become ice

Erosion is when rocks, sediment and soil

• break down
• decompose
• move to a new place
• stay in the same place

Deposition is when rocks, sediment and soil

• break down
• move to a new place
• sit in a new place
• become new soil

Weathering and erosion can occur at the same time.

• True
• False

Sand being pushed by a wave is an example of 

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

If ice cracks a rock this is an example of 

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

If a rocks gets pushed in a stream by water and slowly becomes smaller, this is an example of 

• deposition and weathering

• erosion and deposition

• erosion and weathering

• only erosion