Weathering

Quiz
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Science
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5th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Underground caverns are an example of weathering and erosion. Their formation might be best explained by which choice?
Wind weathers and erodes rock particles.
Cold temperatures cause ice to form and break rock apart.
Groundwater dissolves minerals, forming underground cavities.
Gravity moves particles of rock downhill.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is happening in the picture?
weathering
erosion
depostion
flooding
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do the processes of weathering and deposition differ?
Weathering breaks down rocks and deposition leaves them in new places
Weathering has to do with air and deposition has to do with plants
Weathering occurs only in summer and deposition occurs year-round
Weathering can be chemical or physical and deposition is only chemical
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these is the BEST example of physical weathering?
Sediment piling up at the mouth of a river
Plant roots growing through concrete and splitting it
Waves carrying sand away from a beach
Small rocks being carried along a river bed
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the definition of weathering?
the process of sediment being carried off
the process of rock being broken down
tiny pieces of broken rock
animals or people breaking down rocks
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is happening at the top of the picture?
weathering
erosion
deposition
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
True or False: Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks apart is an example of weathering.
True
False
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