7.8B Science Weathering Voc. Quiz

Small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and then settling in an area is called_______?

• sediment
• weathering
• deposition
• CJ

An avalanche is an example of which process? (the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another)

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Volcanic Eruption

The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks are known as...

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Decomposition

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition

• Landslide

• Weathering

• Erosion

Deposition changes the Earth’s surface because bits of broken rock and soil _____.

• stop rivers from flowing.

• make rich farmlands.

• are dropped in new places and laid down.

• move very slowly.

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Crop Rotation

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor is an example of

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Awesome Science

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down is an example of

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• An avalanche

The breakdown or decomposition of rocks by natural processes in the environment is?

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Roots grow into cracks of a rock and pry them apart ...

(the mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that is caused by natural processes that does not change the chemical composition of the rock material)

• physical (mechanical) weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• deposition