Weathering and Erosion

The process of breaking rock and sediment into smaller pieces is known as...

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Constructive force

Running water from the Colorado River "cut down" into layers of rock to form the Grand Canyon

• True

• False

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Plants and animals can cause weathering and erosion

• True

• False

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The two types of weathering are...

• Slow and rapid

• Physical and chemical

• Biological and physical

• Temporal and gravitational

Sand dunes form as a result of...

• Recycling of crust at subduction zones

• Erosion and deposition by wind

• Freezing and thawing rock

• Erosion and deposition by water

Sandy beaches are built up through the process of...

• Deposition

• Convection

• Weathering

• Destructive forces

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This image shows water expanding as it freezes in cracks in rock. This is known as ice wedging. It is a ​form of ​ (a)   weathering and erosion.

• mechanical
• chemical
• constructive
• water
• liquid

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The deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river is a constructive force known as a...

• Delta

• Shore

• Beach

• Pond

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Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

• forming new land features.

• breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

• washing away beaches.

• moving topsoil.

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_____ is the process by which soil and sediment (weathered rock) are transported (moved) from one place to another by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Running Water

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