Weathering and Mass Movement Vocabulary Quiz

the breaking down of rocks and minerals on earth's surface. Often due to physical and chemical processes

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Earth System

• Surface Process

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A chemical reaction in which a material combines with oxygen to form a new material; in geology, oxidation is a form of chemical weathering.

• Oxidation

• Weatherin

• Chemical Weathering

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Process in which earth materials settle out of a moving fluid (air or water) and are added to a landform or land mass, like a beach or shoreline or the mouth of a river

• Weathering

• Sediment

• Deposition

• Longshore Current

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Erosion
• Landslide
• Weathering

__________________ is a process that weathers rock without a chemical reaction or change.

• Mechanical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Deposition

These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:

• frost wedging

• acid rain
• permeability
• abrasion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Usually occurs on sloping land where small channels are formed by running water.

• Sheet erosion
• Rill erosion
• Gully erosion
• Runoff

Occurs when rills continue to wash away and become more severe.

• Accelerated erosion
• Gully erosion
• Sheet erosion
• Rill erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Involves a reaction; a new substance is created

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Peeling off of outer layers of rock.

• Exfoliation

• Oxidation

• Hydration

• Frost action

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2