Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

The process that breaks rocks apart without changing their chemical composition.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

The process that moves bits of rock or soil from one place to another.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Changes within the rock’s minerals that break down bonds holding the rocks together.

• A. Chemical Weathering

• B. Physical Weathering

• C. Deposition

• D. Erosion

The process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

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Chemical weathering is not caused by

• Abrasion

• Carbonation

• Hydrolysis

• Oxidation

Physical weathering is caused by all but this.

• Abrasion

• Burrowing

• Ice wedging

• Oxidation

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Erosion is caused by ______________________, __________________________ and _____________________________.

• Water, wind, and ice

• Fire, smoke, and heat

• Sunlight, moonlight, and starlight

• Plants, animals, and bacteria

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8. Deposition creates flood plains, ______________, and _________________

• deltas and hills

• mountains, and valleys.

• wetlands, and deltas

• hills, and basins.

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10. ________________ ________________ is the primary agent of erosion.

(a)  

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As ______________ increases the size of particles carried increases.

• temperature of the fluid

• velocity of the fluid

• pressure of the fluid

• density of the fluid