Weathering/Fossils/Soil Review

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill is called?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• dumptruck

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

A metal statue slowly turning green after years of being outside is an example of:

• physical weathering
• chemical weathering

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2