Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

The rocks that make up mountains are broken off during storms. The pieces are then moved by rivers until they get to the beaches. Those pieces of rock settle down on the beaches as sand.

Identify the process that is occurring at each of the three parts of the diagram.

• I. Deposition,

  II. Erosion,

  III. Weathering

• I. Deposition,

  II. Weathering,

  III. Erosion

• I. Weathering,

  II. Erosion,

  III. Deposition

• I. Erosion,

  II. Weathering,

  III. Deposition

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A hurricane produced large ocean waves that crashed on the sandy shore of a beach resort.

When the hurricane was over, what would you expect to see on the shore?

• The sand beach was now mostly humus

• The sand beach was now mostly clay.

• The waves brought in new sand and the sand beach is much larger.

• Most of the sand beach was gone due to erosion.

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Mr. Bates wanted to demonstrate how water moves soil in a natural environment, so he constructed a small hill of dirt and poured water from a watering can as shown in the diagram.

In this model, what does the watering can represent?

• natural environment

• glaciers

• rainfall

• erosion

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This sea arch is a natural land formation found on a beach on Aruba. Aruba is an island in the Atlantic Ocean north of South America.

What is responsible for shaping this formation?

• earthquakes

• volcanic activity

• erosion

• rock slide

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Which of the following is a pattern that takes many years to observe?

• the sun rising in the East

  and setting in the West

• a weather front bringing a cold winter storm

• a caterpillar turning into a butterfly

• erosion changing landforms on the Earth's surface

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Students observed the two rocks.

Which of the following statements could a student add to his/her journal that BEST compares the two rocks observed?

• Rock A has been weathered more than Rock B

• Rock B has been weathered more than Rock A.

• Rock A and B have been weathered the same amount.

• Rock A has less mass than Rock B.

A student placed a piece of chalk in a jar of vinegar. The student observed the jar each day and saw that the chalk got smaller each day.

The student was probably trying to learn how —

• water temperatures change

• rivers change direction

• water changes phases

• weathering changes rocks

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Use the picture to answer the following question.

The mountains in the landscape above were once much taller.

Which two natural processes have caused this change?

• earthquakes and weathering

• weathering and erosion

• weathering and condensation

• erosion and condensation

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Weathering is one way Earth's surface is changed.

Which of the following is NOT a form of weathering?

• rocks rubbing against each other

• ice grinding rocks

• soil or dirt moved by floods

• wind blowing bits of sand into rock

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The picture shows a desert sand arch.

What type of erosion most likely caused this arch to form?

• Water

• Ice

• Wind

• Chemical

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