Earth's Surface Forces Quiz

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What process breaks down rocks, soil, and minerals into smaller parts, usually wind-related?

  • Tectonic forces
  • Deposition
  • Glaciation
  • Erosion (correct)

What causes the creation of mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions?

  • Glaciation
  • Deposition
  • Tectonic forces (correct)
  • Weathering

Which process involves the transportation of eroded soil and rock by wind, water, ice, or gravity?

  • Mining
  • Glaciation
  • Erosion
  • Deposition (correct)

Which process involves landforms becoming covered by glaciers or ice sheets?

<p>Glaciation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What process creates new land in bodies of water by filling sections with rock, cement, clay, or dirt?

<p>Land Reclamation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What geological process involves the creation of new landforms or the alteration of existing ones by the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates?

<p>Tectonic forces (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves the movement of rocks, soil, and minerals to new locations using ice, wind, water, and organisms?

<p>Deposition (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What process results in landforms becoming covered by glaciers or ice sheets as they move and erode the land beneath?

<p>Glaciation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which activity involves creating new land in bodies of water by filling sections with rock, cement, clay, or dirt?

<p>Land reclamation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What process breaks down rocks, soil, and minerals into smaller parts, usually wind-related?

<p>Weathering (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What geological process involves the creation of new landforms or the alteration of existing ones by the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates?

<p>Tectonic Forces (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves landforms becoming covered by glaciers or ice sheets?

<p>Glaciation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What activity changes landforms' interiors and exteriors through underground and above ground operations?

<p>Mining (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves the transportation of eroded soil and rock by wind, water, ice, or gravity, creating new landforms or altering existing ones?

<p>Deposition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What process breaks down rocks, soil, and minerals into smaller parts, often wind-related?

<p>Weathering (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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