Weathering/Erosion Quiz

The breaking down of rocks is ____________.

• weathering

• erosion

• smashing

• crushing

Movement of broken down materials is called ____________.

• weathering

• erosion

• transportation

• packaging

Breaking down of materials by changing what the material is made up of is called ___________.

• physical weathering

• physical erosion

• chemical weathering

• chemical erosion

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These are agents of erosion.

• wind

• water

• glaciers

• all the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Plants can cause the breakdown of rock by ___________.

• ice wedging

• growing

• transporting

• root wedging

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Water ________ as it freezes which causes ice wedging.

• stays the same

• expands

• evaporates

• runs down

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When a rock is changed by root wedging or ice wedging, it is weathered ________.

• physically and chemically

• chemically

• physically

• erosively

Deposition is the dropping of materials in a new place.

• True

• False