1. Weathering Test Review

2. Which is NOT a cause of weathering?
Water
Sand dunes
Wind
Plant roots

3. Sand dunes

4. Mary pours water onto a mound of sand. What is she modeling?
Glacier
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion

5. Erosion

6. What causes the most weathering in Georgia?
Ice
Wind
Moving water
Growing plant roots

7. Moving water

8. Which of these can form a canyon?
River water
Glacier
Ocean waves
Wind

9. River water

10. A crack in a rock fills with water
A crack in a rock fills with water. What might happen if the water freezes?
The crack will get smaller.
The crack will get larger.
The crack will disappear.
Nothing will happen.

11. The crack will get larger.

12. Which takes place when moving water slows down?
Deposition
Erosion
Evaporation
Weathering

13. Deposition

14. A cavern is produced by _____.
Deposition
Freezing
Wind erosion
Weathering and erosion

15. Weathering and erosion

16. Which BEST describes how the hole in the center of a rock was made?
Heat and pressure changed one kind of rock into another.
Melted rock cooled quickly and mineral grains formed.
Water, wind, and plant roots weathered the rock.
Sand, soil, and rock pieces built up in layers.

17. Water, wind, and plant roots weathered the rock.

18. Which is NOT a cause of erosion?
Bright sunlight
Glacier
Moving water
Wind

19. Bright sunlight

20. Which feature is produced by deposition?
Canyon
Cave
Delta
Valley

21. Delta

22. What is the dropping of sediment by wind, water, or gravity?
Weathering
Evaporation
Erosion
Deposition

23. deposition

24. A rock has weathered by moving water
A rock has weathered by moving water. It is MOST LIKELY that the rock will be…..
Cracked in the middle
Worn down and smooth
Sharp around its edges
Full of holes

25. Worn down and smooth

26. Large masses of slow-moving ice that flows down a slope are called _______.
Glaciers
Ice cubes
Rivers
Streams

27. Glaciers

28. The slow breaking apart or wearing away of rock into smaller pieces is called ___________.
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
Wind

29. Weathering

30. What is formed when acid rain drains into the Earth and carries away rock?
A cave
A mountain
A river
An ocean

31. A cave

32. A deep, steep-sided canyon results from …..
Deposition
Fossil formation
Plant roots
Weathering and erosion

33. Weathering and erosion

34. _________ is the force that causes a glacier to move downhill.
Deposition
Gravity
Erosion
wind

35. Gravity

36. Which is an example of erosion?
Ice forming in a rock
Plant roots splitting apart a boulder
Sediment being left behind on a river bank
Wind moving sand from a dune

37. Wind moving sand from a dune

38. A plant that is growing in the crack of a rock begins to break the rock apart as it grows.
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering

39. Weathering

40. A glacier melts and drops sediment that it is carrying.
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering

41. Deposition

42. The ocean waves move sand from the shoreline.
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering

43. Erosion

44. Fill in the blanks of the flow map using the words – erosion, weathering, deposition