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WEATHERING
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The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Wind and water can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. True or False
What is True?
100
Weathering changes Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
100

The wearing down of rocks. 

weathering 

100

Moving water, wind, ice, and gravity are all examples of this.

Agents of erosion 
200
Mountains and other surface features of the land.
What are landforms?
200
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
200

Small pieces that break off of rocks.

What is sediments?

200
Nonliving, solid material that are formed in nature and made of crystals.
What are minerals?
200
Gigantic formations of ice that do not completely melt over the course of a year.
What is a glacier?
300
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is erosion?
300
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. (larger or smaller)
What is smaller?
300

Weathering that is caused by living things, like roots breaking rocks

biological 

300

Breaking rocks without changing their chemical composition.

Mechanical

300
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
400
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a landslide?
400
All of the following are forces that change landforms EXCEPT: a. wind b. moving water c. glaciers c. physical features
What is physical features?
400
The difference between physical and chemical weathering is: A. Physical weathering just breaks things apart and chemical weathering changes the rocks forever. B. Physical weathering breaks things apart and chemical weathering burns rocks with chemicals.
What is A?
400

The settling of sediments in a new location.

Deposition

400
Landslides are quick changes to the land. They can be caused by: A. magma and rain B. gravity and rain
What is gravity and rain?
500

Can human activities, like farming and construction increase the rate of erosion? Explain 

Yes, breaking up the soil and sediment 

500

A hole in the rock formed when ocean waves slowly erode it over time.

sea arc 

500

The difference between weathering and erosion is

weathering breaks rocks into sediments and erosion moves sediment from one place to another.

500

The process where other rocks, wind or water smooth out rocks. 

Abrasion

500

This agent can form sand dunes in deserts

wind