Weather, Erosion, and Deposition

Fragments of weathered rock

• Sediment

• Rocks

• Minerals

• Ore

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A larger block of rock will weather more slowly than smaller broken pieces of the same rock.

• True

• False

Which of the following are factors that influence the rate of weathering? Select all that apply.

• Composition

• Surface area

• Location

• Climate

The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Wind

This occurs when eroded materials are dropped, or laid down.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Destroyed

When wind and water lose energy and slow down, they drop their sediments and deposition occurs.

• True

• False

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Which of the following are examples of water and gravity working together to erode soil, sediment, and rock? Select all that apply.

• Wind carries sediment and then it continues to travel in waves.

• Streams flow because of gravity. The flow causes erosion of material in its path.

• Gravity causes glaciers to move down-slope, and glaciers erode rock underneath of them.

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Which of the following are examples of water depositing rock, soil, and sediment? Select all that apply.

• Waves can deposit sediment in areas offshore, where they build up to be sandbars and sand dunes.

• Rivers can carry sediment downstream to deposit it when the water enters into a larger body of water.

• Wind carrying sand.

• Glaciers eroded sediment and rock as it moves through a valley.

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Which of the following is a factor in weathering caused by gravity?

• size of the boulders at the base of the glacier

• presence of living organisms on the rocks

• presence of water at one end of the glacier

• slope of the ground that the glacier is on

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What type of physical weathering could cause rock to break apart?

• abrasion of the surface caused by rocks being moved under a sliding glacier

• gravity acting upon the loose rocks and dirt in the area

• water freezing in the crevasses

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