WED

What landforms are formed by gravity erosion?

• hills, mountains, slopes
• plateaus, mesas, arches
• moraines, u-shaped valleys, fiords
• sea arches, canyons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is NOT a type of chemical weathering?

• water
• carbon dioxide
• ice wedging
• living organisms secreting acid to break down rocks

What is deposition?

• The process by which
  water, ice, wind or gravity
  moves fragments of rock
  and soil.
• The process by which
  water, ice, wind or gravity
  deposit rock sediments
  and soil in a new place.
• The breaking down of
  Earth’s crust into smaller
  and smaller pieces.

What is chemical weathering?

• The process that breaks down rock
  through dissolving rock and chemical
  changes.
• Process by which rocks are broken down
  into smaller pieces.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rocks being made smooth by tumbling across a streambed

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Flood waters moving soil from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What force lays down sediment in new locations?

• Erosion
• Weathering
• Deposition
• Abrasion