Weathering and Erosion Chunk

Which of these would speed up erosion? Choose all the answers that apply.

• warmer temperatures

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• a river with a fast current

• deposition of sediment

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How do floods affect the environment? Select all the answers that apply.

• Floods destroy buildings.

• Floods create areas of more fertile (very healthy) soil.

• Floods speed up the weathering of rock.

• Floods make riverbeds steeper (very slanted).

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Choose the correct words to complete the following statements.

When a river moves rock downstream, the process is called _______________. Glaciers can grind over rock and break them in a process called weathering . In the process of deposition, water or ice drops rock or sediment that it has carried, causing landforms, such as deltas, to form.

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Erosion Weathering Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Choose the correct words to complete the following statements.

When a river moves rock downstream, the process is called erosion. Glaciers can grind over rock and break them in a process called ____________________ . In the process of deposition, water or ice drops rock or sediment that it has carried, causing landforms, such as deltas, to form.

Word Bank:

Erosion Weathering Deposition

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What is one way weathering, erosion, and deposition are similar? Choose the best answer.

• They all involve breaking apart of rock.

• They all involve transportation of rock.

• They all involve changes to rock.

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Choose the correct words to complete the following statements.

Glaciers move _______________________ along the land. During their journey, they break up rock beneath them, which is called weathering. They cause erosion as they move sand and rock along their path. In addition, glaciers leave mounds of dirt and rock behind in a process called deposition.

Word Bank:

Mountains Slowly Weathering Lakes

Quickly Erosion Deposition

Choose the correct words to complete the following statements.

Glaciers move slowly along the land. During their journey, they ___________ rock beneath them, which is called weathering. They cause erosion as they move sand and rock along their path. In addition, glaciers leave mounds of dirt and rock behind in a process called deposition.

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Mountains Slowly Weathering Lakes

Quickly Erosion Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Choose the correct words to complete the following statements.

Glaciers move slowly along the land. During their journey, they break up rock beneath them, which is called weathering. They cause __________________ as they move sand and rock along their path. In addition, glaciers leave mounds of dirt and rock behind in a process called deposition.

Word Bank:

Mountains Slowly Weathering Lakes

Quickly Erosion Deposition

Which of the statements about beach sand are correct? Choose all the answers that apply.

• It is formed by the weathering of rock.

• Waves erode it and deposit it in new places.

• It is mostly eroded by glaciers.

• It is formed by freezing and thawing.

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Which factors contribute to weathering of rock? Select all that apply.

• prairie dog digging burrows in the soil of a grassland

• the cycle of water freezing and thawing in cracks of exposed rock

• gravity causing rocks to tumble off cliffs or down hillsides

• a beaver building a dam across a stream

• plant roots growing into cracks of a cliff wall

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