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Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
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After learning about weathering, erosion, and deposition, test your knowledge with this quiz!
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What is an example of deposition?
Water flowing in a river slows down & rocks deposited
Wind blows & carries dust away then dies down & leaves dust.
Glaciers deposit rock in new places once ice melts.
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What is weathering?
When mountain rocks are moved from one place to another
When sand settles to the bottom of the ocean.
When mountain rocks are slowly broken into smaller pieces.
When water falls to the earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
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What is deposition?
When sand settles to the bottom of the ocean.
When water falls to the earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
When mountain rocks are slowly broken into smaller pieces.
When mountain rocks are moved from one place to another
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Which is an example of erosion?
Glaciers moving downhill & moving rocks to different places
Wind blowing sand from one place to another
Water transporting rocks into creeks
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What are some possible causes of weathering?
wind, water, ice, plants
rocks and soil
people, animals, heating, coolin
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What are some possible causes of erosion?
ice and gravity
water and wind
natural resources
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What are some landforms that can be caused by deposition?
delta, sandbar, levee
moraine, outwash plain,
alluvial fan, beach, floodplain,
plain, sand dune, landslide, slump
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True or false: Wind, water, and ice can cause deposition.
True
False
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Ex of weathering:Wind blows sand against rocks and the sand breaks tiny pieces off of the rocks
False
True
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What are some landforms that can be caused by weathering and erosion?
hanging valley, meander, hoodoo
exfoliation dome, spheroidal rocks
butte, mesa, gorge,
canyon, valley, arch
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What is erosion?
When water falls to the earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
When mountain rocks are slowly broken into smaller pieces.
When sand settles to the bottom of the ocean.
When mountain rocks are moved from one place to another
