Weathering and Erosion Challenge Key

What would be a simple way to prevent erosion?

• Blocking the wind

• Planting trees

• Preventing rainfall

• Preventing the flow of rivers

What can you infer about ice from the information presented in the movie?

• It usually causes chemical weathering

• It expands as it freezes

• It barely causes weathering at all

• It does not exert pressure on rocks

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rock apart.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Raindrops on a rock, eventually wearing it down.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which rocks and other surfaces are broken down.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which rocks, soil, and other weathered earth materials are moved from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Rain washing away soil from a hillside.

• Weathering

• Erosion

The freezing and thawing of water cracking pieces off a rock.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river.

• Weathering

• Erosion

A glacier breaking off pieces of rock in its path.

• Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2