Rocks Weathering and Erosion

What is weathering?

• When rocks are broken down into small grains and soil by wind and/or water over time.

• Things are eroded by natural disasters

• When rocks are being broken down by the sun.

• When soil is being eroded by the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Erosion

• Landslide

• Weathering

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

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of slowly breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called

• weathering

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

​ (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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ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

Choose the arrow(s) that represent WEATHERING AND EROSION.

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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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What processes are happening when you go from metamorphic rock to sediments?

a

compaction and cementation

heat and pressure

melting and cooling

Weathering and Erosion

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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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HS-ESS2-2