Weathering and Erosion

Weathering is

• the movement of rocks

• the breaking down of rocks

• the falling of rocks

Erosion is

• the falling of mud

• the breaking down of rocks

• the movement of rocks and soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

All of the following cause weathering EXCEPT

• water

• glaciers

• plants

• volcano eruptions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Tree roots can break down rocks.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

One way water breaks down rocks is

• by filling up a lake.

• by repeatedly freezing and thawing in cracks.

• by washing away the shoreline

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Glaciers moving rocks as they melt is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

Glaciers crushing rocks as they move is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

Water weakening the minerals in rocks causing them to break is

• weathering

• erosion

Rivers carrying rocks from place to place is

• weathering

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Animals digging holes in the ground is

• weathering

• erosion