Science Explainer- Overview: Erosion and weathering

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3 questions

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Instructions

Last updated about 1 year ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Read the passage Overview: Erosion and weathering.  Then answer the questions below.

Instructions

Read the passage Overview: Erosion and weathering.  Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage Overview: Erosion and weathering.  Then answer the questions below.

Read the passage Overview: Erosion and weathering.  Then answer the questions below.

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Drag each answer choice to the box that correctly represents the geological process that is occurring at that position.

Drag each action to the geological process that is happening.

Water inside of a rock can freeze and cause the rock to break apart.

Wind is not responsible for causing weathering or erosion.

Erosion occurs when wind carries sand from one area of a beach to another.

Weathering and erosion are the same process.

A river stream that carries rock fragments is an example of weathering. 

Drag each action to the geological process that is happening.

a river depositing rock fragments into the ocean

a plant splitting a rock as it grows through a crack

a rock's fragments being carried away

a rock breaking down into fragments

Weathering

Erosion

What statements about weathering and erosion are true? Select two correct answers.

Water inside of a rock can freeze and cause the rock to break apart.

Wind is not responsible for causing weathering or erosion.

Erosion occurs when wind carries sand from one area of a beach to another.

Weathering and erosion are the same process.

A river stream that carries rock fragments is an example of weathering. 