Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Weathering

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(b) Erosion

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(c) Deposition

• a fast moving river carries rocks down stream

• fast running water causes rocks to hit each other breaking them down into smaller rocks

• flood water pounds against a wall and wears it down

• waves dropping sand on the beach

• layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean

• when glaciers melt, they drop the rocks they were carrying

• sand is dropped when the wind stops blowing and forms sand dunes

• wind blowing sand from one location to another

• a mudslide flowing down a steep hill

• Rainwater enters the cracks of a rock, it freezes and causes the rock to break apart

• Plant roots grow in a rock and cause it to split

• the soil from a hillside is washed away by rain

The process where rock is dissolved, worn away, or broken down into smaller pieces

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

The movement of sediment from one place to another

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Glaciers moving sediments deep below the ice is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

The dropping of sediment in a new place by wind, water, ice or gravity

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

When wind dies down or stops blowing, this is likely to happen.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

When wind and rain are so fast and intense that it is blowing sand and soil all over the place.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

The breaking down of rocks over time

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

The breaking down of rocks over time can be physical or chemical.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Choose the 4 main causes of weathering

• Water

• Wind

• ice

• plant roots

• glaciers