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The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediments?
100
Which moves faster, a meandering river or a mountain stream?

Meandering River

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The difference between weathering and erosion is: a. weathering causes a quick change in landforms and erosion causes a slow change in landforms. b. weathering breaks rocks into sediments and erosion moves sediment from one place to another.
What is B?
100

What sport did I coach last year?

Baseball

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What is the flat area surrounding a river called?

Floodplain

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When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
200
Weathering changes Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
200
The difference between erosion and deposition is: a. erosion moves sediment from one place to another and deposition is a physical feature on the Earth. b. deposition is the process of dropping , or depositing , sediment in a new location and erosion is the process of moving sediment from one place to another.
What is B?
200

What animals do I own?

2 cats
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The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is erosion?
300
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. (larger or smaller)
What is smaller?
300
Erosion can change the shape of the land faster than a volcano can. True or False.
What is False?
300
Name a difference between weathering and erosion.
What is weathering makes things smaller, and erosion moves it?
300

Where did I go to college?

Coastal Carolina University 

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Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
400
Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks (far/short) distances.
What is far?
400
Water can weather rock by: A. eroding soil B. by freezing and melting
What is freezing and melting?
400

What part of a meandering river moves faster. The area near the cutback or the area near the point bar?

the area near the point bar. 

400

What state am I from?

Pennsylvania

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How does surface area affect the rate of weathering?

As surface area increases, so does the rate of weathering.

500
Nonliving, solid material that are formed in nature and made of crystals.
What are minerals?
500

What is the laying down of sediment carried by the wind, flowing water, the sea or ice called?

Deposition

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The difference between physical and chemical weathering is: A. Physical weathering just breaks things apart and chemical weathering changes the rocks forever. B. Physical weathering breaks things apart and chemical weathering burns rocks with chemicals.
What is A?
500

What is my favorite Halloween movie?

the original Halloween OR Hocus Pocus