Module 5 Lesson 2 - Weathering and Erosion

Which happens during physical weathering?

• It snows.

• Rocks are chemically changed into Limestone.

• The size and shape of the rocks are changed.

• Rust is created from the combination of water and air.

Anna goes to the same beach with her family every summer. This year she noticed that the beach was smaller than last year. What might have caused the beach to change over the years?

• Fossils and layers piled up.

• Wind and water eroded the beach.

• People changed it by building too many sand castles.

• Transport and deposition took away all the soil.

Moving water is one cause of erosion.

• True

• False

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Abrasion is a form of physical weathering.

• True

• False

Which of the following does not cause a quick change to the Earth's surface?

• earthquake

• erosion

• avalanche

• landslide

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Very large boulders do not break down over time; only smaller ones do.

• True

• False

Flowing water can create canyons.

• True

• False

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Which is most like a glacier changing Earth's surface?

• a bird drinking water from a puddle

• a boy raking leaves into a pile

• a speeding racecar

• a bulldozer pushing and piling anything in its path

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The weathered rocks found along the side of this stream were likely placed there by ______.

• deposition

• transport

• erosion

• weathering

Gravity pulls rainwater downhill and the flowing water erodes the landscape by ______.

• forming sand dunes

• washing away soil

• forming a desert

• forming mountains

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