Weathering Erosion and Deposition

The physical breakdown of rocks without changing the composition of the rock

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

When water gets in to the cracks and freezes

• Frost wedging

• Abrasion

• Biological Weathering

• Exfoliation

Movement of sand, rocks, or pebbles that grind and scrape against each other and breaks down rocks underneath

• Frost wedging

• Abrasion

• Biological Weathering

• Exfoliation

Reaction of water with other substances

• Hydrolysis

• Abrasion

• Oxidation

• Exfoliation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

When a large block of granite forms layers like an onion, that is called

• Hydrolysis

• Abrasion

• Oxidation

• Exfoliation

The transport of weathered materials is called

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• Exfoliation

The breakdown of rocks is called

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• Exfoliation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This refers to the downward transportation of materials by gravity

• mass movement

• chemical weathering

• deposition

• glaciers

The slow, imperceptible movement of material down a slope.

• creep

• slump

• mudflow

• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Blocks of land that moves downhill along a surface that curves into the slope.

• creep

• slump

• mudflow

• landslide