Weathering Erosion and Deposition 2025

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition?

• They break down or build up the Earth.

• They only break down rocks.

• They only build up mountains.

• They only affect water bodies.

Open Ended

What is the difference between physical weathering and chemical weathering?

Open Ended

How does acid precipitation cause weathering?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a cause of weathering at the Earth's surface?

• Heat

• Wind

• Oxygen

• Plants

Multiple Select

Which of the following are types of weathering?

• Mechanical or Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Biological weathering

• Thermal weathering

Multiple Choice

What is one effect of chemical weathering on rocks?

• Rocks become heavier

• New minerals can be formed

• Rocks become colder

• Rocks turn into sand instantly

Open Ended

Explain how chemical weathering changes the composition of rocks. Give examples of causes that lead to chemical weathering.

Open Ended

How does water contribute to the mechanical weathering of rocks as shown in the first image?

Multiple Choice

Which process is illustrated by the repeated freezing and thawing of water in the cracks of rocks, causing them to break apart?

• Mechanical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

Multiple Choice

What type of weathering does this image display?

• physical
• chemical

Multiple Choice

What type of weathering does this image display?

• physical
• chemical

Drag and Drop

This image shows water expanding as it freezes in cracks in rock. This is known as ice wedging. It is a ​

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force and a form of ​

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weathering and erosion.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

destructive

mechanical

chemical

constructive

water

liquid

Multiple Choice

What is erosion?

• The removal and transportation of rock particles from one location to another.

• The process of rocks breaking down due to weather.

• The movement of tectonic plates.

• The formation of new rocks.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are causes of erosion?

• Water

• Wind

• Glacier or ice

• Gravity

Open Ended

Describe how water can cause erosion, using examples from the images provided.

Multiple Choice

Which landforms can be created by wind erosion?

• Dust storms, hoodoos, and arches

• Mountains and valleys

• Lakes and rivers

• Volcanoes

Multiple Choice

What is the process called when a glacier picks up rocks as it moves over land?

• Plucking

• Melting

• Freezing

• Sliding

Hotspot

What part of the diagram shows deposition?

Dropdown

The process in which sediment settles out (drops to the bottom) of the water or wind that is carrying it

Select answer

Match

Match the following images as weathering caused by water, ice, wind or vegetation.

Water

Ice

Vegetation

Wind

• Water

• Ice

• Vegetation

• Wind

Match

Match the examples to the vocabulary word. (DOK 2)

• the small particles settles at the bottom of the river

• Rock gets broken down into many pieces

• rock moves through the river

desposition

weathering

erosion

• desposition

• weathering

• erosion

Match

Match the following terms to the definition

• the breaking of rock mechanically, only changes the size and shape of the rock

• the breaking of rock through chemical reactions

• the carrying away or movement of broken rocks and sediments

• sediments and rocks are dropped into a new location, often forming new land features.

physical weathering

chemical weathering

erosion

deposition

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Match

Match the following

• pieces of weathered particles: clay, silt, sand, cobbles, and boulders.

• Processes which break down rock physically and chemically.

• How sediment gets carried to a new location, water, glaciers, wind, and gravity.

Sediment

Weathering

Erosion

• Sediment

• Weathering

• Erosion