Weathering, Erosion, and Soil

What is weathering?

• is a volcanic eruption that make new land

• is a drop off the rocks to a new location

• is the process of breaking down Earth's rock into smaller and smaller pieces overtime.

__________when soil, sand, or rocks are moved from one place to another.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

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What is soil made up?

• decomposed plant and animal material

• weathered rocks and decomposed plant and animal material.

• weathered rocks and decomposed plants

• is made up of animal material

All of the following can cause erosion EXCEPT________.

• ice

• wind

• animals

• water

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What cause weathering?

• Forces of weather such as wind and rain to break down the rock over time

• Forces of gravity to make rocks move

• Forces of dropping rocks to the rivers and oceans

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What happens when sand travels in the wind and is constantly blasted against rock?

• nothing will happen to the rock

• the rock will move to a new location

• the rock will slowly weather and erode

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_______is the force that pulls materials such as rock down when weathering and erosion occur?

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Gravity

Landslides are caused by gravity pulling materials such as rock down when weathering and erosion occur_________.

• False

• True

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Erosion and Weathering are examples of Fast Land Changes.

• False

• True

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What is weathering?

• Weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals at the Earth's surface.
• Weathering refers to the movement of rocks from one place to another.
• Weathering is the formation of clouds in the atmosphere.

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