Weather and Erosion

What is weathering?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

What is erosion?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shinning onto a mountain

• Rain breaking down rock

• Wind blowing away sediment

• All of the above

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

How do plants weather rocks?

• during photosynthesis
• when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
• when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
• Plants don't weather rocks

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

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

The ___________of a mountain weathers the fastest

• bottom
• middle
• top
• all parts weather the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which agents  break down earth materials?

• wind only
• earthquakes and gravity
• ice and 007
• wind, water, and ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An area of land completely surrounded by water is...

• a valley

• a hill

• a butte

• an island

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Decomposition

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

wood is a _____?

• conductor
• insulator

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NGSS.5-PS1-3