Weathering, Erosion and Deposition.

What is erosion?

• The breaking down of rocks into sediments.

• The movement of soil and small pieces of rocks,

  by wind, water and ice.

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Weathering is a slow process, sometimes taking millions of years.

• True

• False

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What is made of minerals, organic matter, water and air.

• clouds

• soil

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Roots of trees can grow inside the cracks of rocks splitting the rock cracks.

What do we call this phenomenon?

• Erosion

• Biological weathering

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What is the process of the settling down of rocks by wind, water and

ice called?

• Deposition

• Weathering

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Which component makes up the most of the soil composition?

• organic matter

• minerals

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Which one of the following properties is a common property of weathering,

erosion and deposition?

• Weathering, erosion and deposition make changes on the Earth’s surface.

• Weathering, erosion and deposition causes earthquakes and volcanoes.

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What is the process of the movement of soil to a new location called?

• Deposition

• Erosion

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Wind and water causes small pieces of rock to break off at the side of a mountain.

What is this process called?

• Erosion

• Weathering

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What is weathering?

• The settling down of rocks by wind, water and ice.

• The breaking down of rocks into sediments.

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