Weathering and Erosion

What is weathering?

• A process in which a force acts on a rock and breaks it into smaller pieces

• Rain, snow, hurricanes, and tornadoes

• A change in rock

• A process in rocks that is caused by the weather

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Which of the following are examples of weathering?

• Ice

• Plant roots

• Moving water

• Leaves

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Erosion is the process that moves weathered rock.

• True

• False

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The weathered rock that is carried away by wind, water, ice, or gravity is called ?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Sediment

• Rocks

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All of the following are examples of erosion EXCEPT

• Falling rock

• Wind moving sand

• Lava from volcanoes

• A tide washing away a sand castle

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The rate of erosion is how quickly weathering occurs

• True

• False

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What is similar between weathering and erosion?

• They both move large rocks.

• Both involve sediment.

• Gravity can cause both of them

• Plants can cause both of them.

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Which parts show weathering and erosion?

• Plants

• Gravity

• Fossils

• Wind

• Moving water

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Wind, water(both solid and liquid), and gravity are causes of erosion.

• True

• False

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Weathering caused by wind occurs on a small _____scale.

• Fast

• Hard

• Slow

• Soft

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