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What's It Mean?
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Weathering, Erosion, or Depositon?
100
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Wind and water can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. True or False
What is True?
100
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
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediments?
100
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is an example of ...

erosion 

200
Mountains and other surface features of the land.
What are landforms?
200
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
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
Gigantic formations of ice that do not completely melt over the course of a year.
What is a glacier?
200

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone is an example of ..

weathering 

300
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
Name a difference between weathering and erosion.
What is weathering makes things smaller, and erosion moves it?
300
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
300

Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of ..

Depositon

400
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

What is the difference between mechanical and chemical weathering?

Mechanical is physical break down, chemical changes rock forever

400

What is soil? 

Loose parts of earth's surface that supports plant life 

400

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches, is an example of ...

Weathering

500
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a landslide?
500
All of the following are forces that change landforms EXCEPT: a. wind b. moving water c. glaciers c. physical features
What is physical features?
500

What is the difference between soil horizon A and bedrock 

bedrock supports all of the layers of soil and soil horizon A has plants and organic material 

500

What is Humus?

dark, organic material that forms in soil when plant and animal decays.

500

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill is an example of ..

Erosion