3.1 Science Practice

Match the following

• Weathering

• Moving rock or soil around

• Erosion

• Breaking apart rocks

• Deposition

• Laying sediment down

Weathering is when water, wind, or ice ______ rocks.

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Erosion is when rock or soil is _____.

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Deposition is when rocks or soil is _______.

​ (a)   can cause ​ (b)   .

• Weather
• Weathering

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A car getting rusted is....

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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A rock getting broken down into smaller pebbles is...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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Weathering breaks down _____ into ______

• Rocks

• Boulders

• Mountains

• Sand

• Pebbles

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How does weathering work with water/ice?

• The ice breaks the cracks wider.

• Water freezes and expands.

• Water fills in cracks in a rock.

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Chemical Weathering

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(b) Mechanical Weathering

• Moving water in a river.

• Acid rain falling

• Ice forming in cracks.

• Water dissolving minerals.

• Rocks crashing into each other.

• Tree roots forming in cracks.

• Metal rusting

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