Question 1

What is the best definition of weathering?

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The breaking down of rocks by wind, ice, and water.

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plants that break rocks

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water carrying rocks away

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volcanic eruptions

Question 2

What is an example of erosion?

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Rain causing a stream of mud to form on the playground.

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Wind causing the surface of a rock to be smoothed away.

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Acid rain making a rocks surface have holes in it.

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sand being dropped on the sidewalk by rainwater.

Question 3

What is deposition?

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Rocks and soil being dropped in a new place by wind, water,  or ice.

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glaciers scraping the earth's surface.

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The breaking of rocks by plant roots.

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water freezing in the cracks in a rock causing it to break.

Question 4

Flood water wearing down a canyon wall is an example of

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weathering

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erosion

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deposition

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earthquakes

Question 5

Layers of sediment forming on the bottom of the ocean is an example of

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deposition

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weathering

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erosion

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tectonic plates

Question 6

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill is an example of

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erosion

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weathering

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glaciers

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deposition

Question 7

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

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chemical weathering

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erosion

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deposition

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mechanical weathering

Question 8

Water getting into cracks, freezing and breaking rocks or pavement apart is an example of

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mechanical weathering

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deposition

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chemical weathering

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erosion

Question 9

Deltas forming at the mouth of a river are an example of

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deposition

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weathering

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earthquakes

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erosion

Question 10

Beneath the soil, rocks and water on our planet the earth is

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constantly changing

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very hot

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completely  stable

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extremely cold

Question 11

The continents and the oceans floor are made up of pieces of rocks we call

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plates

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faults

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landforms

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rocky outcroppings

Question 12

The places where plates come together are called

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faults

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lava

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magma

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landforms

Question 13

The plates______________ on top of liquid magma that ___________________________.

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float; carries them around

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rest; cool and harden

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melt ; freezes them

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sit ; breaks them

Question 14

Usually the plates move past each other _____________________.

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slowly

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quickly

Question 15

When one plate gets caught on another, and keeps trying to move____________________.

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energy is built up

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they create volcanoes

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they cause a fault

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they let magma seep out

Question 16

A seismograph is used to ___________________.

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measure the strength of an earthquake

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measure the temperature of magma

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measure the thickness of the plates.

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warn people of earthquakes

Question 17

The Richter scale is used to explain

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the severity of an earthquake

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the cost of repairing buildings after an earthquake.

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how much damage is done during a volcano

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the size of the plates

Question 18

Earthquakes  __________________________________.

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can range in strength and cause little or much damage.

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are usually not very strong and don't do much damage

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always destroy everything around them.

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only happen under water

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