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Weathering Erosion Deposition

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

weathering

d)

whooshing

2.

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

breaking

3.

Which one of the examples below is physical weathering?

a)

lichens growing on rock

b)

acid rain wearing away limestone

c)

oxidation (rusting) of a flag pole

d)

frost wedging splitting a rock apart

4.

Which of these terms describes the process of acid rain wearing out limestone?

a)

deposition

b)

chemical weathering

c)

physical weathering

d)

erosion

5.

Which of these is an example of erosion?

a)

light shining onto a mountain

b)

wind blowing away sediment

c)

rain breaking down rock

d)

all options are correct

6.

What is the process called when a glacier deposits rocks in oceans and lakes?

a)

deposition

b)

chemical weathering

c)

physical weathering

d)

erosion

7.

Which of these examples is deposition?

a)

wind blowing sand

b)

sand that was dropped on the beach by waves

c)

pebbles falling downhill due to gravity

d)

a tree root breaking a rock

8.

What is the movement of weathered material (sediment) from one place to another by wind, water, gravity, or ice?

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

chemical weathering

d)

physical weathering

9.

Extreme temperature changes is an example of what type of weathering?

a)

chemical

b)

physical

10.

Weathering, erosion, and deposition impact Earth's geographic features.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

This is an example of _____________________________.

a)

physical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

12.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...

a)

physical weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

chemical weathering

13.

This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition