Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering
• Erosion

The dropping off of sediments in a new place.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Volcano

This is the movement of sediment by water ice ,gravity, and wind.

• glacier

• erosion

• water cycle

• precipitation

What can cause weathering? (Check all that apply)

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The two types of weathering are...

• Slow and rapid

• Mechanical (aka physical) and chemical

• Biological and physical

• Temporal and gravitational

When water freezes in cracks in rocks, it expands causing the rock to break. This is known as...

• ice breaking

• ice wedging

• ice melting

• ice cutting

Match the following...

• When features are built up on Earth's surface by sediment, tectonic plates, or volcanoes

• Weathering

• When rocks and sediment are moved elsewhere by water, ice, wind, or gravity

• Deposition

• When rocks and land are broken down due to forces such as gravity, wind, water, and ice

• Erosion

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.

Humans increase the amount of erosion by building on land.

• True

• False

A farmer's topsoil is blown away during a hurricane is an example of ___________.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition