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Changes to Earth’s Surface — Lesson quiz

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Which internal factor causes sudden shaking of the crust?

Weathering

Earthquakes

Erosion

Deposition

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

Weathering moves broken material, while erosion breaks rocks in place

Both move broken material away from its place

Weathering breaks rocks in place, while erosion moves the broken material from its place

Both only break rocks in place

Why does a sealed glass bottle full of water crack when it freezes?

Because water shrinks when it freezes and pulls the walls in

Because glass expands in cold temperatures

Because water evaporates inside the bottle when it freezes

Because water expands when it freezes and pushes against the walls

What happens to carried sand when the speed of the wind or water decreases?

It is deposited

It breaks down into smaller pieces

It evaporates

It dissolves into the air or water

Which type of weathering occurs when limestone reacts with weak carbonic acid from dissolved carbon dioxide?

Mechanical weathering

Chemical weathering

Biological weathering

Water erosion

Give an example of erosion by wind.

Breaking of rocks by frozen water expanding

Deposition of silt on a river bed

Formation of sand dunes or shaping of desert rocks

Dissolving of limestone by acid rain