Weathering and Erosion

What is weathering?

• The process of sediments being carried away.

• The process of rock being broken down slowly over time.

• The process of rocks forming.

• The process of land forming.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does mechanical weathering do?

• Rust rock.

• Carry rock away.

• Break rock into sediments.

• Stick sediments together.

What causes mechanical weathering?

• Wind and water

• Living things

• Changing temperatures

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does chemical weathering do?

• Wash rock and soil away

• Change the rock's composition

• Break rock into sediments

• Build sediments into rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which is never involved in chemical weathering?

• Rusting

• Carbon dioxide dissolving in water

• Carbonic acid dissolving limestone to form caves

• Rocks being worn down by the friction of blowing sand

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following are agents of erosion? (Check more than one answer.)

• Flowing water

• Glaciers

• Wind

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which would increase the rate of erosion?

• Wind speed increasing

• Water speed decreasing

• Temperatures rising

• Temperatures falling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process of wind carrying sediments and the sediments settling is called

• deposition.

• piling.

• strata.

• erosion.

Sediments can be deposited in horizontal layers called

• foliation.

• deltas.

• strata.

• dunes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Sediments deposited at the mouth of a river form

• dunes.

• layers.

• strata.

• deltas.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2