Weathering vs Erosion

What is weathering

• The movement of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

What is erosion

• The movement of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

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Small pieces of rock that have been weathered from a larger rock are known as...

• soil

• sediment

• sand

What is sediment?

• the process of rocs being broken down and carried away

• the top layer of soil

• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering or rocks

• decaying plant or animal material

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

Which agents break down earth materials

• wind only

• ice only

• wind, water, and ice

• gravity

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside downwards

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

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Plant roots breaking apart a sidewalk

• desposition

• weathering

• erosion

• all the above

Flood waters moving soil from one location to another

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition