Weathering and Erosion

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place.

• makes the rocks last longer.

• expands cracks and breaks rocks.

• causes rocks to fall in landslides.

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What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Glaciers

• Weathering

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Weathered pieces of rock.

• pebbles

• sediment

• eroded

• shale

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This image shows water expanding as it freezes in cracks in rock. This is known as ice wedging. It is a ​ (a)   force and a form of ​ (b)   weathering and erosion.

• destructive

• mechanical

• chemical

• constructive

• water

• liquid

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​ (a)   the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water

• weathering

• uplift

• rock formation

• metamorphic rock

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The changes in the Azure Window were caused by the ​ ​ (a)   process of ​ (b)  

• destructive

• weathering

• constructive

• erosion

• deposition

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Input your responses. There are not enough blanks to fill out the last two but by process of elimination, you should know the answers.

g

h

i

j

f

e

d

c

b

a

physical

gravity

sediment

ice

Earth's crust

breakdown

water

work together

temperature

wind

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An enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil is called a (a)   .

• A glacier

• An iceberg

• An ice wedge

• A sand dune

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A root that cracks a rock as it grows is an example of ​
​ (a)  

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

Answer explanation

The root cracking the rock is an example of Mechanical Weathering, which involves physical processes like roots growing, causing rocks to break apart.

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