Weathering and Erosion

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

• My team or I can explain the difference.

• My team or I have no idea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As a glacier moves down the mountain, it carries with it rocks and other matter. Identify what this slow change to Earth’s surface is called.

• erosion from ice

• erosion from water

• deposition from ice

• deposition from water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Deposition from wind is one cause of slow changes to Earth’s surface. Which is an example of deposition from wind?

• a canyon

• sand dunes

• a river delta

• a valley

Jorge performs an investigation in the lab to show the effects of slow changes to Earth’s surface. He represents land with a clump of sand and blows through a straw directly onto the clump of sand. What is he trying to investigate?

• how wind erosion changes Earth’s surface

• how water erosion changes Earth’s surface

• how deposition from wind changes Earth’s surface

• how deposition from water changes Earth’s surface

Moving water that cuts away at rock is an example of rock being weathered.

• False; weathering is the process of rocks being deposited into a new place.

• True; weathering is the process of rocks being moved away from one area to another.

• True; weathering is the process of rocks being cut down or broken apart

• False, none of these statements are correct.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Wind can cause....

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Grand CANYON was formed from which slow change to Earth’s surface?

• erosion from wind

• erosion from water

• deposition from wind

• deposition from water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

can cause erosion. Identify which of the following is an example of a slow change to Earth’s surface caused by erosion from wind.

• islands

• steps on the side of a mountain

• sand dunes

• river delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When a glacier slowly moves down the side of a mountain it forms a ______________ because the sides are slowly being scraped away.

• island

• valley

• sand dune

• river delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is an example of deposition?

• Water and wind shape a rock.

• Ice breaks apart the rocks on the side of a cliff.

• A delta forms at the mouth of a river.

• A river carries away rocks and soil from a river bank.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3