HS SCI CHP 14: Part 3- Weathering and Erosion

When waves break down a sea cliff, pick up and carry the debris, and dump on the shore forming a beach, what processes are happening, and in what order are they happening?

• 1. Erosion, then deposition, then weathering

• 1. Weathering, then deposition, then erosion

• 1. Erosion, then weathering, then deposition

• 1. Weathering, then erosion, then deposition

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Which of the following is NOT a way that glaciers change landforms?

• 1. By scouring the land beneath to create valleys.

• 1. By picking up rocks and boulders and carrying them away.

• 1. All of these are ways that glaciers change landforms

• 1. By depositing rock debris, creating a moraine.

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The process where rocks and minerals are broken down by the elements of nature is called _____.

• erosion
• sedimentation
• metamorphism
• weathering

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How is erosion different from weathering?

• 1. Erosion only happens with glaciers.

• 1. Erosion is the movement of rock, while weathering is the breaking down of rock.

• 1. Weathering happens by physical processes and erosion happens by chemical processes.

• 1. Weathering is the depositing of eroded rock, while erosion is the movement of rock.

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Which of the following is NOT a direct agent of erosion?

• 1. Sunlight

• 1. Wind

• 1. Gravity

• 1. Water

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