Weathering and Erosion, Deposition

The destructive force caused by the chemical reactions of water, oxygen, carbon, and other chemicals in the presence of moisture and heat is known as...

• Mechanical weathering

• Photosynthesis

• Chemical weathering

• Chemical reaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Yosemite Valley was created over thousands of years by moving glaciers. This was a ​ (a)   force caused by ​ (b)   .

• constructive

• erosion

• deposition

• destructive

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Match the following...

• When rocks and land are broken down due to forces such as gravity, wind, water, and ice

• Weathering

• When features are built up on Earth's surface by sediment, tectonic plates, or volcanoes

• Erosion

• When rocks and sediment are moved elsewhere by water, ice, wind, or gravity

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river is a constructive force known as a...

• Delta

• Shore

• Beach

• Pond

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on Earth's surface.

• Gradual

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Any process that breaks down rocks without changing the chemical composition of the rock.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

The process that breaks down rocks through chemical changes.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

The process of MOVING sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Solar Power

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which eroded sediment is DROPPED and added to a landform or land mass.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition