Mid Year practice test

It breaks rocks into smaller pieces without chemical change.

It alters the chemical structure of minerals.

It involves the movement of sediment.

It is the process of forming new rocks.

Freeze-thaw cycles

Wind abrasion

Acid rain dissolving limestone

Root wedging

Color of the soil

Climate

Type of rock

Age of the land

Rocks are broken into smaller pieces.

Sediment is deposited as the energy of transport agents decreases.

Minerals are dissolved in water.

Plants grow in cracks of rocks.

Larger particles settle first, while smaller particles travel further.

Smaller particles settle first, while larger particles travel further.

All particles settle at the same rate.

Particles are sorted by color.

Creation of elevated landforms due to tectonic activity.

Wearing away of the earth's surface by wind, water, or ice.

Formation of landforms along the coast due to wave action.

Deposition of sediment from rivers where water slows as it enters a larger body of water.

The Andes Mountains

The Grand Canyon

Barrier islands

The Mississippi Delta

A type of mountain

A hill or ridge of sand piled up by wind or water

A deep canyon

A type of delta

By volcanic activity

By river erosion over millions of years

By tectonic activity

By wind erosion