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Earth Science unit quiz.
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1
Deposition is responsible for forming landforms like...
Sand Dunes
River Deltas
Beaches
Mountains
2
What is broken down rock that has been formed by weathering and moved by erosional forces?
Sediment
Clay
Silt
Humus
3
Why is weathering and erosion important to the formation of sedimentary rock?
Weathering and erosion is what compacts the layers together.
Sediment is produced by weathering and erosion.
Weathering and erosion is not important to the formation.
4
What can keep soil from eroding away?
Humus
Clay
Roots from trees and plants
5
The part of the soil profile that has rock that has not yet broken down.
Humus
Subsoil
Topsoil
Bedrock
6
What is the process that deposits sediment?
Weathering
Erosion
Gravity
Deposition
7
The part of the soil profile that has partly broken down rock and soil.
Humus
Bedrock
Subsoil
8
This happens when two tectonic plates slide against one another.
Earthquake
Trench
Volcano
Mountain
9
Which of the following components are in soil?
Air
Silt
Clay
Humus
10
The part of the soil profile that has organic matter.
Bedrock
Subsoil
Humus
11
What is the process that moves broken down rock?
Erosion
Gravity
Weathering
Deposition
12
This event happens when one tectonic plate slides under another plate.
Earthquake
Island
Volcano
Mountain
13
Which landform is formed when two tectonic plates are pushed into one another?
Mountain
Volcano
Trench
Earthquake
14
This Hoodo was probably formed due to...
weathering & erosion
deposition
tectonic plates colliding
gravity
15
What is the process that breaks rocks down?
Weathering
Deposition
Gravity
Erosion
