Science: Week 28 Weathering and Erosion Study Guide

Carbonation

• ice changing rocks

• water changing rocks

• chemically changing rocks

• wind changing rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Abrasion

• melting water

• ice changing rocks

• roots changing rocks

• scraping across rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_________ is when sediment is moving like when sand gets moved in storms.

• erosion

• root wedging

  
  

• weathering

• ice wedging

Frost wedging

• ice breaking apart rocks

• icing on a cake

• roots breaking rock

• wind breaking rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

breaking apart rocks

• abrasion

• frost wedging

• weathering

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of landforms do glaciers create?

• oceans

• rivers

• mountains

• valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

excess water that soil cannot hold

• erosion

• runoff

• frost wedging

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What does carbonation create?

• root wedging

• mountains

• caves

• glacers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which natural disasters do plants help prevent?

• landslides

• earthquakes

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

What is happening when a tree lifts up a sidewalk? (fill in the blank)

The roots have caused root ________, which breaks apart the sidewalk.

• abrasion

• wedging

• erosion

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2