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Does weathering and erosion happen quickly?

• Yes

• No

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What is weathering?

• fragments of weathered rock

• is the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another

• occurs when eroded materials are dropped, or laid down

• is the main force behind sudden rock falls and landslides that can change the shape of a mountain.

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Which is an example of wind weathering?

• A rock cracking in half

• A root breaking a sidwalk

• A road cracking in winter

• A desert rock changing shape over many years

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What created the Grand Canyon?

• Earthquakes tore the land in half

• Floods Quickly Caused landslides

• Rain, wind and the river slowly carved into the rock and soil

• Large erupting volcanoes

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The movement of sediment and rock particles is called

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Gravity

• Weathering

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Wind blowing rocks away is an example of....

• Weathering

• Erosion

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What is deposition?

• Large pieces of rocks are carried by by animals

• Rocks stay attached to cliffs, without moving.

• Small weathered material, like rocks and soil, that have built up on land forms.

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What is the correct sequence?

• Deposition, Erosion, Weathering

• Weathering, Erosion, Depostion

• Erosion, Deposition, Weathering

• Erosion, Weathering, Deposition

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Rocks that break down into smaller pieces is called ________________.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• convection

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Sand dunes are created through what process?

• deposition by water
• deposition by ice (glaciers)
• deposition by wind

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