Weathering and Erosion

A river moves rocks by carrying them in its current.

• Weathering
• Erosion

Water dissolves part of a rock, making an underground cave.

• Weathering
• Erosion

Small pieces of sand are carried by the wind.

• Weathering
• Erosion

the general terms for the movement of sediment by wind, water, glaciers

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Weathering is...

• the breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock. 
• the scraping away of materials
• material that comes from the weathering of rock
• the moving of sediment and rock from one place to another. 

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

• Weathering 
• Raining
• Erosion
• Breaking

The two main types of weathering are:

• mechanical and physical

• potential and kinetic

• chemical and physical

• potential and chemical

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

_____________________ is the movement of soil and rock by wind, water, ice, and gravity.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

______________________ occurs when eroded materials stop moving and begin to build up.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition