Weathering and Erosion

What is weathering?

• Breaking rock into smaller pieces

• Moving material around the Earth's surface

• The build up of land

• Features on the surface of the Earth

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What is erosion?

• Breaking rock into smaller pieces

• Moving broken pieces of rock around the Earth's surface

• The build up of land

• Features on the surface of the Earth

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What is deposition?

• Breaking rock into smaller pieces

• Moving broken pieces of rock around the Earth's surface

• The build up of land

• Features on the Earth's surface

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What are landforms?

• Breaking rock into smaller pieces

• A triangle shaped landform at the mouth of a river

• A deep gorge with steep sides formed by moving water

• Features on the Earth's surface

What is a delta?

• A triangle shaped landform at the mouth of a river

• A deep gorge with steep sides that can be formed by moving water

• Features on the Earth's surface

• The movement of rock and sand around the Earth

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What is a canyon?

• A triangle shaped landform at the mouth of a river

• A deep gorge with steep sides that can be formed by moving water

• The build up of land by depositing soil

• The movement of weathered material around the Earth's surface

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How is a sand dune formed?

• Wind erosion and deposition

• Water weathering and deposition

• Wind weathering and erosion

• Ice erosion and deposition

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How is a U-shaped Valley formed?

• A river flowing

• A glacier sliding

• A volcanic eruption

• Deposition of rock

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How is a V-shaped Valley formed?

• A Glacier sliding

• A River flowing

• Wind carrying dirt

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a glacier?

• Wind erosion carving out rock

• A block of snow on top of water

• A moving block of ice on top of land

• Water weathering breaking down rock

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