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Review Module 2: The Earth

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  • Name one example of weathering
    ice wedging, dissolution, oxidation, abrasion
  • True or false: Repeated freezing and thawing of water breaks rocks apart.
    True.
  • What is the name of the part that consists of all the water on Earth's surface?
    Hydrosphere
  • What is the Chemical Weathering process by which other chemicals combine with oxygen?
    Oxidation
  • What is the name of the frozen water part of Earth?
    Cryosphere
  • What are the two different types of weathering?
    Chemical and Physical
  • The rapid downhill movement of a large amount of soil and rocks is called
    landslide
  • What is the name of the solid part of Earth, including rock, minerals, and metals?
    Geosphere
  • The moving of bits of weathered material from one place to another is called
    erosion
  • How does gravity cause erosion?
    By pulling weathered materials downhill.
  • Smalls bits of weathered rock and other material are called
    sediment
  • What happens if trees are not planted in a location?
    Soil can wash away.
  • What is a plateau?
    A raised, flat-surfaced area bound on one or more sides by cliffs or steep slopes
  • The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces is called
    weathering
  • The process of water in and around rocks and soil freezing and expanding, breaking up the rocks is called
    frost wedging
  • Which two of Earth's spheres interact when acid rain damages plant cells?
    Hydrosphere and biosphere
  • Which landform represents an area of land that rises very high above the land around it?
    mountian
  • Streams deposit their loads in a fan-shaped pattern. This is a called a
    Delta
  • It occurs when water or wind gradually wears away rock by friction
    Abrasion
  • The dropping of sediment in a new place is called
    deposition
  • Name one example of erosion
    gravity, ice, wind, water
  • By which method does heat travel from the sun to Earth?
    Radiation
  • An area of sediment that builds up at the mouth of a river is called
    delta
  • Which process of heat transfer makes water boil?
    Convection