Test: Weathering, erosion, deposition & landscape

This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

The driveway is long and winding because it bends around a huge old oak tree. The pavement near the tree bulges upward and has many more cracks than the other sections of the driveway

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When camping in west Texas, we wake one morning to discover that our car and tent are covered with a thin layer of sand. 

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

This is the process of breaking rock into smaller pieces.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

This is the process of moving sediment from one place to another.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• whooshing

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• breaking

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Which one of the examples below is physical weathering?

• lichens growing on rock

• acid rain wearing away limestone

• oxidation (rusting) of a flag pole

• frost wedging splitting a rock apart

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• light shining onto a mountain

• wind blowing away sediment

• rain breaking down rock

• all options are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_______________ moves material from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1