Destructive Processes

What is Weathering?

• A type of climate

• The movement of rock pieces from one place to another

• the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces

• a force that pulls of pieces of rock downhill

The Grand Canyon was created by wind erosion

• True

• False

A sudden escape of hot, melted rock and gases from a volcano is called eruption

• True

• False

A glacier moving a boulder is an example of

• ice wedging

• weathering

• erosion

• a landslide

The breaking down of rock at or near Earth's surface is called

• landform

• weathering

• soil

• erosion

The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill is called

• soil

• landform

• landslide

• weathering

A shaking of the ground that happens when rocks break and moves suddenly

• earthquake

• landslide

• glacier

• volcano

Which is one way earthquakes change the land?

• They pick up weathered rock and move it.

• They cause cracks in Earth's surface.

• They release ash and melted rock.

• They help form soil.

The material in which most plants grow is called

• erosion

• soil

• weathering

• landslide

As glaciers move, they widen and deepen valleys

• True

• False