Erosion, Deposition and Weathering

Sandy beaches are built up through the process of...

• Deposition

• Convection

• Weathering

• Destructive forces

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

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

• Deposition

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

• Erosion

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

• Weathering

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The process of breaking rock and sediment into smaller pieces is known as...

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Constructive force

Running water from the Colorado River "cut down" into layers of rock to form the Grand Canyon

• True

• False

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Weathering, erosion, flowing water, and earthquakes are examples of...

• Volcanism

• Constructive forces

• Weather

• Destructive forces

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Plants and animals can cause weathering and erosion

• True

• False

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The two types of weathering are...

• Slow and rapid

• Mechanical (aka physical) and chemical

• Biological and physical

• Temporal and gravitational

When water and gravity combine to cause mechanical weathering and erosion...

• A volcano may erupt

• A landslide or mudslide may result

• Tectonic plates may shift

• An island may form

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Sand dunes form as a result of...

• Recycling of crust at subduction zones

• Erosion and deposition by wind

• Freezing and thawing rock

• Erosion and deposition by water

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