Weathering Erosion Vocab Quiz

The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• acid rain

• glacier

the process by which rocks break down as a result of chemical reactions

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• sediment

• erosion

small, solid pieces of material that come from weathered rocks or living things

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• sediment

rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids

• erosion

• acid rain

• delta

• deposition

A large sheet of moving ice that covers a large part of a continent and can smooth or flatten the landscape

• delta

• sand dune

• deposition

• glacier

The movement of rock material from one place to another.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• delta

The slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces.

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dropping of sediment moved by water, wind and ice.

• sand dune

• physical weathering

• deposition

• acid rain

A large mass of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river.

• sand dune

• delta

• glacier

• acid rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A hill or pile of sand that was formed by the wind.

• delta

• deposition

• sand dune

• glacier