Rocks and Erosion for Avery

What force drives erosion and deposition?

• gravity

• physical traits

• weathering

• erosion

When acid rain breaks down and changes rocks it is a form of...

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• mechanical weathering

• physical weathering

Another name for mechanical weathering is ____________ weathering.

• physical

• chemical

• emotional

• gravity

Weathering by abrasion could occur with...

• water and sand

• a plant root

• ice

• acid rain

Weathering, erosion, and disposition are ______ processes.

• slow

• fast

• unnatural

• new

Sand being dropped on the beach by a wave is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• disposition

• oxidation

T/F Plants can weather rocks

• true

• false

T/F The process of weathering must occur before erosion can.

• True

• False

T/F Given enough time, every rock in the water or on land will be weathered away.

• True

• False

When magma cools, it turns into....

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• ice