Erosion Weathering

Weathering & Erosion

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Multiple Choice

Let's review...

____________ creates sediment and _____________ moves it.

• erosion, weathering

• weathering, magma

• weathering, erosion

• erosion, lava

Multiple Choice

True or False: Weathering happens before erosion.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Select any of the things below that you think could cause a rock to be weathered.

• ice

• wind

• water

• organisms (living things)

• acid rain

Open Ended

Where have you heard the terms 'abrasion' and 'exfoliation' before?

Multiple Choice

On the last slide, what agent is represented in the top left corner?

• organisms

• ice

• water

• wind

Multiple Choice

On that same slide, what agent is represented in the bottom left corner?

• organisms

• ice

• water

• wind

Open Ended

What is the similarity between the top two pictures on the last slide?

Multiple Choice

True or False: Physical weathering, chemical weathering, and erosion ALL have water as an agent.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Look up the word 'rate' and type the definition below:

Open Ended

Give an example of a climate that is warm and wet/humid.

Open Ended

Give an example of a climate that has more ice, wind, and water.

Multiple Choice

Rock composition affects the rate of weathering by causing softer rocks to dissolve the fastest. Think back to the rock cycle and what we've learned in weathering and erosion so far. Which type of rock would weathering the FASTEST?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Multiple Choice

Which of these agents have we not seen yet until now?

• wind

• gravity

• water

• ice

Multiple Choice

____________ is the agent represented in the last slide.

• water

• wind

• ice

• gravity

Multiple Choice

____________ is the agent represented in the last slide.

• water

• wind

• ice

• gravity

Multiple Choice

____________ is the agent represented in the last slide.

• water

• wind

• ice

• gravity