Erosion, weathering, and deposition review

Wind blasting sand at a rock and carving out arches. Is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

Rain washing away soil from a hillside. Is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

Waves dropping sand on the beach. Is an example of

• weathering

• deposition

Water getting into cracks of pavement, freezing, and breaking the pavement apart is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

Fast flowing water carves canyons in earth's rock is an example of

• weathering

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When glaciers melt and drop the rocks it carries. Is an example of

• deposition

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What causes erosion?

• wind

• water

• ice (glaciers)

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is one way to prevent erosion?

• a long dry summer

• planting vegetation in an area

• the sun doesn't shine for 3 weeks

• pulling up all the vegetation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The formation of the Grand Canyon in Colorado is and example of

(the Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon)

• glacial erosion

• wind erosion

• water erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of erosion would occur most in a desert?

• glacial erosion

• wind erosion

• water erosion