Earth's Events

What is sediment?

• Tornado

• Water

• Broken pieces of rock

What is the process of moving sediment from one location to another?

• Erosion

• Weathering

What is the process of breaking down substances such as rocks and minerals?

• Erosion

• Weathering

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• rain breaking down a rock

• wind blowing sediment to a new location

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?

The freezing water...

• keeps the rock together

• expands, cracks, and breaks the rock

Which process formed this arch?

• Weathering

• Erosion

Do earthquakes occur slowly or quickly?

• slowly

• quickly

Do tornadoes occur slowly or quickly?

• slowly

• quickly

Does weathering change the earth slowly or quickly?

• slowly

• quickly

Does flooding happen quickly or slowly?

• quickly

• slowly