ES Regents - Weathering, Erosion, Deposition Exam Review

The process of slowly breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called

• weathering
• erosion

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The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

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Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of what?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

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This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion weathering

• deposition

This type of weathering occurs when rocks undergo a change in composition.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion weathering

• deposition

How is physical weathering different from chemical weathering?

• Chemical weathering happens over much shorter time frame than physical weathering.

• Chemical weathering changes the chemical composition of rocks; physical weathering does not.

• Chemical weathering occurs only in tropical climates; physical weathering occurs only in cool climates.

• Chemical weathering occurs only in the mountains; physical weathering occurs only on flat land.

Fastest chemical weathering =

• colder, dry environments

• colder, humid environments

• hotter, dry environments

• hotter, humid environments

Fastest physical weathering =

• colder, dry environments

• colder, wet environments

• hotter, dry environments

• hotter, wet environments

As weathering increases, sediment becomes

• smaller, rounded, and smoother

• smaller, angular, and rougher

• larger, angular, and smoother

• larger, rounded, and rougher

Frost action/Ice wedging = water seeps into cracks

• freezes, expands, and widens cracks

• freezes, contract, and narrows cracks

• vaporizes, contract, and widens cracks

• vaporizes, expands, and narrows cracks

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