Weathering, erosion or deposition?
4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-ESS2-1 · England: KS2 Y3 Rocks, KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere (rock cycle)
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Question 1
Which process is this: wind blowing soil off a dry field?
- A. weathering (rock breaks down in place)
- B. erosion (pieces are carried away)
- C. deposition (pieces are dropped)
Question 2
Which order shows how a beach can form from a cliff?
- A. erosion → deposition → weathering
- B. weathering → erosion → deposition
- C. deposition → erosion → weathering
- D. deposition → weathering → erosion
Question 3
Three of these are examples of weathering. Which one is NOT?
- A. waves dragging pebbles off a beach
- B. a boulder cracking after many hot days and cold nights
- C. water freezing in a crack and splitting a rock
- D. acid rain dissolving a limestone statue
Question 4
Which process is this: sand piling up into a dune?
- A. weathering (rock breaks down in place)
- B. erosion (pieces are carried away)
- C. deposition (pieces are dropped)
Question 5
Which order shows how a beach can form from a cliff?
- A. deposition → erosion → weathering
- B. weathering → erosion → deposition
- C. erosion → deposition → weathering
- D. deposition → weathering → erosion
Question 6
Three of these are examples of erosion. Which one is NOT?
- A. a river carrying sand downstream
- B. a glacier scraping rocks along
- C. wind blowing soil off a dry field
- D. a river dropping mud at its mouth to make a delta
Question 7
Which process is this: tree roots growing into a rock?
- A. weathering (rock breaks down in place)
- B. erosion (pieces are carried away)
- C. deposition (pieces are dropped)
Question 8
Why do roads get more potholes after a cold winter?
- A. Cars are heavier in winter.
- B. Snow eats the road.
- C. Water seeps into cracks, freezes, expands and breaks the surface.
- D. Cold makes the road melt.
Question 9
Three of these are examples of erosion. Which one is NOT?
- A. wind blowing soil off a dry field
- B. a glacier scraping rocks along
- C. waves dragging pebbles off a beach
- D. a river dropping mud at its mouth to make a delta
Question 10
Which process is this: a boulder cracking after many hot days and cold nights?
- A. weathering (rock breaks down in place)
- B. erosion (pieces are carried away)
- C. deposition (pieces are dropped)
Question 11
Why do roads get more potholes after a cold winter?
- A. Water seeps into cracks, freezes, expands and breaks the surface.
- B. Cold makes the road melt.
- C. Snow eats the road.
- D. Cars are heavier in winter.
Question 12
Three of these are examples of deposition. Which one is NOT?
- A. pebbles settling at the bottom of a lake
- B. a river dropping mud at its mouth to make a delta
- C. tree roots growing into a rock
- D. sand piling up into a dune
Question 13
Which process is this: a glacier scraping rocks along?
- A. weathering (rock breaks down in place)
- B. erosion (pieces are carried away)
- C. deposition (pieces are dropped)
Question 14
Why do roads get more potholes after a cold winter?
- A. Snow eats the road.
- B. Cold makes the road melt.
- C. Cars are heavier in winter.
- D. Water seeps into cracks, freezes, expands and breaks the surface.
Question 15
Three of these are examples of weathering. Which one is NOT?
- A. sand piling up into a dune
- B. tree roots growing into a rock
- C. a boulder cracking after many hot days and cold nights
- D. acid rain dissolving a limestone statue
Question 16
Which process is this: acid rain dissolving a limestone statue?
- A. weathering (rock breaks down in place)
- B. erosion (pieces are carried away)
- C. deposition (pieces are dropped)
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