Weathering and Erosion

Rain washing soil down a hillside

• Weathering

• Erosion

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

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Flood waters moving soil from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion

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What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away

• bits of rock and sand caused by the weathering of rocks

The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...

• weathering
• erosion

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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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Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion

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An avalanche is an example of which process?

• Volcanic eruption

• Erosion