Stemscopes Changes to Land 4th

After a sandstorm, sand falls from the air onto a sand dune

• weathering

• erosion

• sediment

• deposition

Match the following

• wind

• After a sandstorm, sand falls from the air onto a sand dune

• water

• A creek moves sediment downstream

• ice

• Water freezes and expands inside a rock, splitting the rock into pieces

A river leaves sand and soil along the coast as it enters the ocean

• weathering

• erosion

• sediment

• deposition

True or False: Erosion only takes place over millions of years?

• True

• False

What are the three main things that cause weathering?

• water, ice, wind

• animals

• plants

• sand

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

What kind of weathering happens when a living organism is involved?

• mechanical

• biological

• chemicals

• water

Mechanical, Biological, and Chemical all are types of​ ​ ​ (a)  

• weathering
• erosion
• depostion
• ice

The removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice.

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• glacier

Match the following

• when rock is broken down

• deposition

• when rock is being moved

• weathering

• when rock is put down, relocated, or left

• erosion