Earth Processes: Unit 2

Mid-Ocean ridges form at _______________ plate boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

When two pieces of continental crust collide, we call that a _____________ vs ___________ convergent boundary.

• Oceanic, continental

• Continental , transform

• Continental, continental

• Continental, strike slip

What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

What are the two types of Weathering?

It occurs when the oxygen dissolved in water will oxidize some materials.

• Oxygen

• Carbonation

• Oxidation

• Biological Action

The physical breakdown/chemical alteration of rocks at or near the Earth's surface are referred to as _______________________.

It is a large, moving mass of ice where they are found in many parts of the world, especially in the poles or in high mountains.

• Valley Erosion

• Flood Plain

• Glacial Till

• Glacier

Wind blown sand hitting a rock and slowly wearing it away is an example of ___________________.

• Chemical Weathering

• Chemical Erosion

• Mechanical Erosion

• Physical Weathering

Oxidation can cause some rocks to _________

• rust

• melt

• turn green

• change shape

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Seeing a tree growing out of a rock would cause

• erosion

• landslide

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering