Weathering and Erosion (with exit tickets)

The process by which rocks are broken down

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place.
• makes the rocks last longer.
• expands cracks and breaks rocks.
• causes rocks to fall in landslides.

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Crop Rotation

How do plants weather rocks?

• During photosynthesis

• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks

• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand, the rock breaks

• Plants don't weather rocks

What words do "break it, take it, drop it" match?

• weathering, erosion, deposition
• sediment, delta, deposition
• mechanical weathering, chemical weathering
• Erosion, mass wasting, sediment

The diagrams shows a rock with water trapped in the cracks during the day and at night. 

Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?

• frozen water acts as a solute
• water expands when it freezes
• the mass of water increases when it freezes
• frozen water dissolves most types of rock

A cliff formed near the ocean.  Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

• Warm air melted the rock.
• Sun rays evaporated the rock.
• Ocean waves washed away rock.
• Plant roots pushed away the rock.

Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shining onto a mountain.
• Rain breaking down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces. 
• Wind blowing away sediment to a new place on the mountain.
• All of the above.

What is it called when Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces?

• weather
• deposition
• erosion
• weathering

Which of these can cause erosion?

• water
• wind
• ice
• all of the above