Erosion and Weathering Quiz

Weathering = The breaking down of rocks and minerals by physical, chemical, or biological processes Erosion = The movement of sediment or soil from one location to another by means of water, ice, or wind Deposition = When particles carried by water, ice, or wind are deposited (dropped) in another location Fast changes to the earth = Volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms

Volcanoes = Destroying forests, making islands, ruining rivers, creating better soil Earthquakes = Damage to buildings, mudslides, landslides, damage to roads, fires Weathering = Water freezing in rock and breaking them apart; wind gravity (rocks tumbling) glaciers Erosion = Mudslides, rain washing away soil

Layers of the ocean floor = Deposition Marshes (ponds filling up to become marshes) = Deposition Deltas (at the mouth of rivers) = Deposition Mudslides = Erosion

<p>Weathering = Water freezing in rock and breaking them apart; wind gravity (rocks tumbling) glaciers Erosion = Mudslides, rain washing away soil Deposition = Particles carried by water, ice, or wind being deposited in another location Fast changes to the earth = Volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Volcanoes = Creating better soil Earthquakes = Fires Weathering = Rocks breaking apart Erosion = Washing away soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Weathering = The breaking down of substances such as rocks and minerals by physical, chemical, or biological processes Erosion = The movement of sediment or soil from one location to another by means of water, ice, or wind Deposition = When particles carried by water, ice, or wind are deposited (dropped) in another location Fast Earth Changes = Volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Destroying forests, making islands, ruining rivers, creating better soil = Volcanoes' effect on the earth Damage to buildings, mudslides, landslides, damage to roads, fires = Earthquake effects Layers of the ocean floor, marshes, deltas = Deposition forms Mudslides, rain washing away soil = Examples of erosion</p> Signup and view all the answers