Erosion

The process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical or chemical processes.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Sediment

Fragments of weathered rock

• Sediment

• Minerals

• Rocks

The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

This occurs when eroded materials are dropped, or laid down.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Destroyed

When wind and water lose energy and slow down, they drop their sediments and deposition occurs.

• True

• False

Name two types of weathering.

• Physical and Wind weathering

• Physical and biological weathering

• Physical and water weathering

• Chemical and liquid weathering

Which of the following is NOT a cause of weathering, erosion, and deposition?

• fire

• water

• wind

• ice

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away

• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks

• the top layer of the soil

A mound of earth with a rounded top, much smaller than a mountain is...

• hill

• mountain

• Plateau

Large area of flat land is...

• hill

• plain

• valley