Geography Chap 1

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Which term names the type of weathering that changes the size of a rock, but not its composition?

mechanical weathering

glaciation

chemical weathering

mechanical weathering

1 point

Which term names a process by which moving masses of ice change the topography of a region?

chemical weathering

sedimentation

erosion

glaciation

1 point

Moving pieces under the earth's surface that form the earth's crust are called

landforms

epicenters

internal forces

tectonic plates

1 point

A giant ocean wave that is sometimes caused by an earthquake is called

a tsunami

an epicenter

a high tide.

a Ring of Fire

1 point

The flow of magma through cracks in the earth's surface is called

a volcano.

an epicenter.

a Ring of Fire.

an aquifer.

1 point

Magma can flow out of cracks in the earth's surface a

tsunami.

gases.

mantle

lava.

1 point

What is formed when physical or chemical processes weather rock on or near the earth's surface?

magma

sediment

water

sediment

1 point

A seismograph measures the size of the waves caused by

a volcano

an earthquake

a tsunami.

a fault

1 point

Which term names the organic material that contributes to the fertility of soil?

sediment

silt

humus

moraine

10.

1 point

What is created when a river carries sediment along on its way to the ocean?

a fanlike landform called a glacie

a fanlike landform called a loess

a fanlike landform called a morain

a fanlike landform called a delta

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