Bill Nye Erosion Video

In what ways is the Earth constantly being "worn down"?

• age, arthritis, joint pain

• water, ice, wind, sand, and chemicals

• ice, storms, housing and people

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What is erosion?

• process like water or wind that moves soil or rocks from one place to another.

• process of sagging skin after being in the sun

• process of land sliding due to lack of proper drainage.

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When does erosion stop affecting the Earth?

• in the next million years

• it's already stopped

• never

• when the sun is out

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What happens when water freezes?

• the causing of rocks to break apart

• the causing of rocks to break apart, freeze, expand and breaks the rock

• the expansion of rock and soil.

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What is it called when water freezes in a crack and a piece of the rock breaks off?

• Whoa!

• Houdini

• Hoodoo

• Like Whoa!

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What slows the process of erosion?

• time

• Weather

• Plants, objects on top of the soil

• children

Water + Oxygen turns Iron into __________________. Also called _______________.

• hydrogen peroxide, toothpaste

• iron oxygen , iron lung

• iron oxide, rust

• H20, water

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The process of turning water and oxygen into rust is called_______________________.

• dioxidation

• oxidation

• sedation

• nutrition

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Oxidation is an example of ______________ weathering

• chemical

• mechanical

• structural

• organic

What helps create the formation of "mushroom" rocks?

• wind erosion and rain

• wind erosion and snow

• wind erosion and sandy wind

• acid rain

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