Weathering and Erosion Quiz Review

_______ is frozen water responsible for moving rocks and carving out land as it moves

• sinkholes

• caverns

• glaciers

• sediments

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______ is flowing water on the surface over our land, such as rivers and streams, responsible for moving rock and soil

• runoff

• groundwater

• precipiation

• glaciers

_______ is the breaking down of the surface of rock, soil, and minerals into smaller pieces

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• freezing

______ are tiny pieces of rock

• sediments

• deposition

• erosion

• glaciers

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________ are caused by underground weathering and erosion

• sinkholes

• deposition

• glaciers

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_________ is the movement of particles away from their source

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• runoff

_______ is when soil and rocks are dropped off somewhere different than where they started

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• runoff

________ is a destructive phase of water change that can cause weathering when it gets in the cracks of rocks and expands

• runoff

• freezing

• erosion

• melting

How does weathering form mountains and canyons?

• a solid piece of land gets broken down little by little by wind and water forming new land formations

• wind blows the sides of the mountain leaving the middle intact

• sunlight heats up the sides of mountains making it very weak

• humans play the biggest role carving out mountains for tourism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How does erosion play a role in the formation of mountains and canyons?

• when the sides of mountains get weathered, erosion needs to carry the sediments away in order to create its shape

• erosion plays no part, only weathering does

• when mountains form, people need to dig out the weathered sediments in order to gain the true shape needed

• none of these answers listed are correct

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