Weathering and Erosion Review Quiz

This process moves bits of rock from one place to another.

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Landslides, mudslides, and creep are caused by.....

• wind

• gravity

• ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Abrasion is

• when a rock is slowly worn down by scraping or wearing away

• when ice repeatedly freezes and melts causing a rock to break apart

• when plant roots grow in the cracks of rocks causing the rock to break apart

• when an animal scapes and digs on the rocks in an area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Ice wedging is when.....

• when a rock is slowly worn down by scraping or wearing away

• when ice repeatedly freezes and melts causing a rock to break apart

• when plant roots grow in the cracks of rocks causing the rock to break apart

• when an animal scapes and digs on the rocks in an area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

________ is the setting down of sediment.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• compaction

Rocks that break down into smaller pieces is called ________________.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is it called when sediment is moved from one place to another?

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• convection

What caused the edges of these rocks to become smooth?

• rocks bumping and scraping against each other in a river
• ice scraping from a glacier
• sand blowing in the wind
• plants growing roots

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rocks being picked up and carried downstream is an example of ____________.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Material from broken down rocks

• Sediment
• Mass wasting
• Deposition
• Delta