Unit 3: Weathering and Erosion

What is the process called when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition?

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical (Mechanical) Weathering

• Oxidation

• Erosion

Which type of weathering involves the reaction of oxygen with minerals in rocks?

• Abrasion

• Oxidation

• Acid Precipitation

• Deposition

What is the term for the wearing away of rocks by friction or impact?

• Erosion

• Abrasion

• Deposition

• Floodplain

Which process involves the movement of sediment from one place to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Oxidation

What is the name of the flat area around a river that is prone to flooding?

• Delta

• Alluvial Fan

• Floodplain

• Sandbar

What is the term for the process where sediment is laid down in new locations?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Oxidation

Which landform is created at the mouth of a river where it meets a body of water?

• Delta

• Alluvial Fan

• Floodplain

• Sandbar

What is the term for a fan-shaped deposit of sediment formed where a stream flows onto a flat plain?

• Delta

• Alluvial Fan

• Floodplain

• Sandbar

What is the term for water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers?

• Groundwater

• Surface Water

• Floodplain

• Delta

What is the term for the area where land meets the ocean or a lake?

• Beach

• Shoreline

• Sandbar

• Delta