Weathering & Erosion

What is Weathering ?

• Small bits of rocks

• The dropping off of the weathered rock

• The process of rocks breaking down into small pieces

• the process of moving weathered rocks from one place to anotheT

Which factor doesn't cause Weathering?

• Chemicals

• Plants

• Animals

• Plastic

What is Erosion ?

• The process of moving away weathered rocks

• Is a natural land shape or feature

• large sheet of flowing Ice

• A gorge between a cliff of rocks

Erosion might be caused by ___________

True or False / Slow moving Rivers can carry large rocks

• true

• false

True or False / Wind erosion can be caused by Sanddunes

• True

• false

True or False / Ice erosion can be caused by Great lakes

• true

• false

True or False / Water erosion can be caused by Great lakes

• true

• false

How does a Delta form?

• fast-moving water having a lot of energy causes a triangle shape

• The sediment piles up near the mountain of the river causing a traingle shape

What Group of factors that cause Weathering is wrong?

• wind, moving water, ice, gravity, plants, animals, & chemicals

• Plastic, tin, ice, gravity, plants, animals. & chemicals