Weathering & Erosion

The two main types of weathering are:

• mechanical and physical

• potential and kinetic

• chemical and physical

• potential and chemical

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Pick and example of PHYSICAL weathering:

• Frost wedging

• Acid rain

• Oxidation

• Carbonic acid

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Which event breaks rocks down into smaller pieces?

• Sedimentation

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

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In what way are weathering and erosion the same?

• Both move sediment from one place to another.

• Both break down rocks into smaller pieces

• Both change the Earth's surface

• Both leave sediment in new places

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Which of these would be the BEST example of chemical weathering?

• Limestone rocks dissolving in water

• Plant roots growing through concrete and splitting it

• Waves carrying sand away from a beach

• A large rock splitting into pieces because of ice

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Which is an example of CHEMICAL weathering?

• Frost wedging

• Animal activity

• Plant growth

• Acid rain

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How do the processes of weathering and deposition differ?

• Weathering breaks down rocks and deposition leaves them in new places

• Weathering has to do with air and deposition has to do with plants

• Weathering occurs only in summer and deposition occurs year-round

• Weathering can be chemical or physical and deposition is only chemical

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Which of these is the BEST example of physical weathering?

• Sediment piling up at the mouth of a river

• Plant roots growing through concrete and splitting it

• Waves carrying sand away from a beach

• Small rocks being carried along a river bed

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What would be the BEST example of erosion?

• Sediment piling up at the mouth of a river

• Plant roots growing through concrete and splitting it

• Waves carrying sand away from a beach

• A large rock splitting into pieces because of ice

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Which would be the BEST example of deposition?

• Sediment piling up at the mouth of a river

• Plant roots growing through concrete and splitting it

• Waves carrying sand away from a beach

• A large rock splitting into pieces because of ice

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