Catastrophic Events & Weathering/Erosion/Deposition Review

_______ is when rock is broken into smaller pieces.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• landslide

When oxygen reacts with the minerals inside a rock and causes weathering it is called __________.

• rusting

• physical weathering

• oxidation

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Moving water, moving glaciers, blowing wind, and the pull of gravity all cause ________.

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

__________ is when a rock is broken into pieces because the rock's minerals changed into a new substance.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

Weathering due to acid rain is called __________;

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

________ is when the sediment is dropped in a new location.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Weathering due to the acid released by plant roots is called __________.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

When moving water slows down and when the wind stops blowing, the sediment _________.

• floats away

• drops

• hovers

Oxidation is a type of ____________.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

__________ is the moving of sediment from one location to another.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition