1. How Do Weathering and Erosion Change the Land?
Chapter 6 Review
How Do Weathering and Erosion Change the Land?

2. Trees can cause the weathering of rocks.
True or False
Trees can cause the weathering of rocks.
True!
They can grow in their cracks.

3. False!! That’s weathering!
True or False
Water wearing away bits of rock and soil over many years and roots of a plant slowly breaking rock into smaller pieces are examples of erosion.
False!! That’s weathering!
A glacier slowly moving rock and soil to a new place would be an example of erosion.

4. True! Water and ice can weather rock!
True or False
The scraping of pebbles against rocks in a stream is an example of weathering.
True! Water and ice can weather rock!

5. Rivers form valleys by the ____________ of rocks and soil.
erosion
(which is the picking up and moving of rocks and soil to a new place)

6. A landform that is a raised area with a flat top is called a ___________
Plateau

7. This is a picture of a _____________.
Canyon

8. This is a picture of a _________.
Valley

9. When deposition of sand happens along an ocean shore, what forms?
A beach!

10. What forms if sand is carried by wind, and then the wind slows down?
Sand dunes!

11. This is a picture of a _________.
Mountain

12. What happens to rocks when there is weathering
What happens to rocks when there is weathering? They ______ apart, ______ away, and __________.
break, wear, dissolve

13. In deposition, rocks and soil are ________ ________ in a new place.
laid down

14. Flowing water can weather rocks and make them smooth.
True or False
Flowing water can weather rocks and make them smooth.
True!

15. What 3 things does this picture illustrate
What 3 things does this picture illustrate? (Hint: we did this as a way to remember)
Weathering Erosion Deposition

16. Where can ocean water cause erosion?
On a beach or along the coast because waves break rocks into pieces and carry them somewhere else.

17. The word deposition has the word deposit in it
The word deposition has the word deposit in it. When you deposit something, you drop it off or leave it behind. What does it mean when there has been deposition of rocks?
The rocks have been dropped and left behind.

18. The dropping of materials as a glacier melts, or a river slows down, or as wind dies down are examples of ________________.
deposition

19. Mountains are like plateaus because they are both ________.
raised areas

20. Study your book, notes, and worksheets, too!!!
Good luck!