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Weathering and erosion

4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 10 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-ESS2-1, NGSS.2-ESS1-1 · England: KS2 Y3 Rocks, KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere (rock cycle)

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Question 1
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
- A. They are exactly the same
- B. Weathering breaks rock down; erosion carries the pieces away
- C. Weathering moves rocks to the sea
- D. Erosion only happens in deserts
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Question 2
Which type of weathering is this: iron in rock rusting?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
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Question 3
Which landform is mainly carved by a river over a very long time?
- A. a volcano
- B. a sand dune
- C. an island
- D. a canyon
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Question 4
Which type of weathering is this: acid rain dissolving limestone?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
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Question 5
Which can carry rock fragments away (erosion)?
- A. only plants
- B. nothing moves rocks
- C. only sunlight
- D. rivers, wind and glaciers
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Question 6
Which type of weathering is this: rocks heating by day and cooling at night?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
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Question 7
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
- A. Erosion only happens in deserts
- B. Weathering moves rocks to the sea
- C. Weathering breaks rock down; erosion carries the pieces away
- D. They are exactly the same
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Question 8
Which type of weathering is this: acid rain dissolving limestone?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
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Question 9
Which can carry rock fragments away (erosion)?
- A. only sunlight
- B. rivers, wind and glaciers
- C. nothing moves rocks
- D. only plants
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Question 10
Which type of weathering is this: rabbits burrowing into soft rock?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering

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