Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Review

Windblown sand carving a stone arch, ice wedging rock apart are examples of...

• chemical weather

• physical weathering

• weather and climate

• the weatherman

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Acid rain breaking down a marble statue, leaves changing to soil by decomposition,

carbonic acid reacting with limestone are examples of...

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• weather and climate

• the weatherman

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

This process breaks down rocks into smaller pieces and/or changes

the chemical composition of the rock

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• climate change

This process drops sediment in a new location building up new landforms

• deposition

• weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

This process moves sediments from one location to another

• weathering

• chemical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

Areas where freezing and thawing occur often,

rocks weather rapidly as water freezes it...​ (a)  

• evaporates
• oxides
• expands

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Chemical weathering happens faster in a ​ (a)   climate

• cold, dry
• changing
• warm, wet

Ice is (a)   dense than water

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) weatrhering

,

(b) erosion

,

(c) deposition

• a rock cracks at night when the temp drops below freezing

• vinegar reacts with chalk which creates bubbles of CO2

• a glacier is MOVING a boulder that's trapped in ice

• a pile of sediment is dropped at the end of a glacier

• a rock formation grows down from the ceiling in an underground cave

• a mudflow is SLIDING DOWN the side of a mountain

• windblown sand carving a stone arch

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When a stream loses speed sediment is ​ (a)  

• deposited
• eroded
• weathered