Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Review

____________ is the breakdown of big rocks into smaller rocks.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____________ is the movement of sediment away from the source.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____________ is the placement of rock after transport away from the source.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

This type of weathering is caused by physical interactions between rocks and other materials.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

This type of weathering occurs due to chemical reactions between water and rocks.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

The repeated freezing and thawing of water within the cracks of a rock is an example of:

• root wedging

• hydrolysis

• frost wedging

• abrasion

When the roots of a plant grow within the rock, they can force the rock apart and eventually break it, this is an example of:

• frost wedging

• root wedging

• rusting

• rock fall

__________ describes any chemical reaction involving water and other substances.

• rusting

• exfoliation

• abraision

• hydrolysis

A river can carry sediment in three ways. Select all the loads a river can carry below:

• suspended load

• expelled load

• bed load

• dissolved load

What feature is present where a river flows into an ocean?

• Headwaters

• tributaries

• delta

• river bed