Weathering and Erosion Review

What happens when a stream goes faster?

• The stream deposits sediment

• The stream has less energy for erosion

• The stream picks up more sediment

• The stream floods

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Fragments of weathered rocks

• minerals

• sediment

• deposition

• erosion

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occurs when the eroded materials are dropped, or laid down

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Burrowing

• Glacial Abrasion

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

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Burrowing

• Glacial Abrasion

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iron combines with oxygen to make rust

• Oxidation

• Hydrolysis

• Carbonation

• Weathering

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Which of these is NOT an agent of CHEMICAL weathering?

• Air

• Water

• Plants

• Wind

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scraping by rapid ice movement

• Glacial Abrasion

• Glacial Ice Wedging

• Gravity

• Temperature Change

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Which of these would NOT be a reason gravity helps erosion?

• A flowing river

• Falling Rocks

• Ice wedging and thawing

• Glaciers moving

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All of these are examples of Mechanical weathering EXCEPT

• Interaction with plants

• Wind Blowing

• Water Flowing

• Rusting

Which of these would be an agent of erosion (check all that apply).

• Water

• Burrowing

• Gravity

• Wind

• Rivers

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