Unit 5.2: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Quiz

What is weathering?

• the breaking down of rocks and materials

• the movement of sediment from one location to another

• the depositing of sediments in a new location

What is erosion?

• the breaking down of rocks and materials

• the movement of sediment from one location to another

• the depositing of sediments in a new location

What is deposition?

• the breaking down of rocks and materials

• the movement of sediment from one location to another

• the depositing of sediments in a new location

What is oxidation?

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

How is a landslide formed?

• When glaciers scrape away rock

• when sediments get dropped off at the end of a river

• when rushing river passes through rocks

• when gravity pulls loose material down to the bottom of a slope

How is a delta formed?

• When glaciers scrape away rock

• when sediments get dropped off at the end of a river

• when rushing river passes through rocks

• when gravity pulls loose material down to the bottom of a slope

How are canyons formed?

• river cutting through a rock

• glaciers scraping against rock

• volcanic eruptions

• landslides

What is the correct order of the processes that change the earth's structure?

• weathering, erosion, deposition

• erosion, deposition, weathering

• deposition, weathering, erosion

Is this weathering, erosion, or deposition: wind blowing sand from one location to another

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Is this weathering, erosion, or deposition: wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition