Weathering and Erosion Quiz Review

Water expands as it freezes in the cracks of rocks

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both Weathering and Erosion

A glacier slowly moves down a mountain.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both Weathering and Erosion

A mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a a glacier as ridges at the glacier's edge is called...

• Moraine

• Kettle Lake

• Striations

• Glacial Abrasion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A trees roots grow into the cracks of a rock splitting it apart.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both Weathering and Erosion

A large boulder deposited by a glacier is called a...

• Moraine

• Glacial Erratic

• Striations

• Glacial Till

A shovel is left outside and begins to rust.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both Weathering and Erosion

Sediment settles at the bottom of the ocean floor.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both Weathering and Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rain causes sediment to move down a hill.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both Weathering and Erosion

In which climate would chemical weathering occur most rapidly?

• Savanna

• Tropical Rainforest

• Tundra

• High Desert

A major volcano erups and leaves a thick layer of ash on the surrounding area.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Both Weathering and Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2