Weathering and Erosion

What type of weathering?

• Chemical

• Physical

What type of weathering? (Note the color of the rock)

• Chemical

• Physical

What type of weathering? (Note the texture of the rock surface.)

• Chemical

• Physical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of weathering?

• Chemical

• Physical

Rocks of steep slopes are more likely to be displaced by gravity and exposed to wind, water, and air.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When wind and water lose energy and slow down, they drop their sediments and deposition occurs.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The formation of soil is primarily the result of

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The photograph below shows a valley glacier altering the landscape.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The map below shows a portion of the North Carolina coastline, including some of the Outer Banks. The Outer Banks is a string of narrow barrier islands consisting of well-sorted sand along the Atlantic Ocean coast.

Which agent of erosion is primarily responsible for the formation of these barrier islands?

• 1. wave action

• 1. landslides

• 1. streams

• 1. glacial ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The block diagram below represents caves that developed in a region over time. Which type of weathering was primarily responsible for the development of these caves?

• 1. physical weathering of sandstone

• 1. physical weathering of limestone

• 1. chemical weathering of sandstone

• 1. chemical weathering of limestone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4