Weathering Erosion Deposition

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place.

• expands cracks and breaks rocks.

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

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Over long periods of time, deposition may change the Earth’s surface by _____.

• forming new land features.

• breaking down large rocks into smaller ones.

• washing away beaches.

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

• Waves

• Gravity

• Glaciers

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

• A glacier

• Mountain

• hill

How do plants weather rocks?

• When leaves grow into the cracks of rocks.

• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.

• Plants don't weather rocks.

Weathering is caused by water, wind, animals and plant roots.

• true

• false

Weathering and erosion are the same thing.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the small broken down pieces of rock called?

• dirt

• popcorn

• sediment