Weathering and Erosion Test Practice

What are some agents of weathering and erosion? Select all that apply:

• wind

• gravity

• water

• ice

• plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When rock is broken down by changes in its chemical composition, it is known as __________________________

• mechanical weathering

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

When weathered material is moved from one location to another, it is known as _________________________________

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• mechanical weathering

• ice wedging

_____________________________ is the process in which sediment is laid down and accumulated in a new location.

• weathering

• erosion

• leaching

• deposition

One of the biggest agents of weathering and erosion, these are huge, slow moving sheets of ice and snow _______________________

• mountains

• glaciers

• canyons

• ice bergs

This dark organic material in soil is produced by the decomposition of plants and provides nutrients to help plants grow: _________________________________________

• humus

• deposition

• iron

• carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This causes rocks to split after water slips into cracks, then freezes and expands: _____________________________________

• ice wedging

• leaching

• humus

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When nutrients in upper layers of soil are dissolved and carried down to lower layers, it is known as: _____________________________

• erosion

• deposition

• leaching

• mass wasting

The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil due to gravity is called _____________________________________

• deposition

• ice weding

• physical weathering

• mass wasting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When rock is broken down into smaller pieces without changing the chemical composition of the rock, we call it: __________________________________

• mechanical/physical weathering

• erosion

• chemical weathering

• deposition