Erosion Weathering and Deposition

The process that moves bits of rock or soil from one place to another

• Chemical weathering

• Physical weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

The process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The movement of weathered rocks due to wind, rain, or gravity

• Chemical weathering

• Physical weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

The process that breaks rocks apart without changing their chemical composition

• Chemical weathering

• Physical weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Match the term to the definition:

• Breaking rock

• Deposition

• Moving rock

• Erosion

• dropping off, building up rock

• Weathering

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weathering

erosion

deposition

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Erosion

Weathering

Compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Changes within the rock's minerals that break down bonds and change the chemical makeup

• Chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Physical weathering is NOT caused by

• abrasion

• burrowing

• ice wedging

• oxidation

Small, broken down pieces of rock are called

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• smaller rocks

• crumbs

This process creates beaches, barrier islands, and sand bars

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4