CFA #6 Review: Changes in the Geosphere

• No, valleys do not get deeper.

• No, valleys can get deeper, but water cannot make them deeper.

• Yes, water can make the valley deeper by breaking off pieces of rock from the solid rock layer of the valley and by carrying loose rocks away from the valley.

• Yes, water can make the valley deeper by carrying loose rocks away from the valley, but water cannot break off pieces of rock from the solid rock layer of the valley.

Radiation

Sedimentation

Deposition

Weathering

True

False

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2

3

4

True

False

Where majority of our drinking water is

Caused by chemical weathering

provides protection from erosion (water)

Deep water caused by broken rock pieces

moves much slower and shallow

• Magma rock is formed from the intense heat released from the volcanic mountain.

• Sedimentary rock will form as the layers sand, silt and clay are pressed together.

• Igneous rock will form since all mountains are formed from volcanoes

• Metamorphic rock will form due to the pressure caused by the movement of the mountain.