Erosion and Deposition

What is weathering?

• A type of mineral

• Climate change

• The breakdown of a rock

• The aging of a rock

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___ processes build up features on Earth's surface.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Constructive

• Destructive

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___ processes tear down features on Earth's surface.

• Destructive

• Constructive

• Eruption

• Conducive

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___ is the removal of weathered material from one location to another.

• Sorting

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Constructive process

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of these is NOT a cause of erosion?

• Wind

• Gravity

• Lava

• Water

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How do some rocks become round?

• Rock fragments bump up against each other during erosion.

• Deposition causes rocks to be round.

• Round rocks are made up of softer materials.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

___ is the laying down or settling of eroded material.

• Deposition

• Sediment

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Swamps, deltas, beaches, and the ocean floor are all examples of...

• Erosion environments

• Mechanical environments

• Chemical environments

• Depositional environments

Large grains of sediment tend to be deposited in ___

• Low energy environments

• High energy environments

• Deep lakes

• Swamplands

Small grains of sediment tend to be deposited in ___

• Low energy environments

• High energy environments

• Rushing rivers

• Deserts