WEATHERING AND EROSION JEOPARDY 

STUDENT ORGANIZER ANSWER KEY

WEATHERING
	
EROSION
	
The breakdown of rocks…What is weathering?

	The number one agent of erosion…What is water?
	
Disintegration of rocks into smaller pieces of the same stuff…What is mechanical weathering?
	This type of erosion is common in a hot, dry climate…What is wind erosion?	
Decomposition of rocks into different substances…What is chemical weathering? 

	The primary force behind all mass movements…What is gravity?
	
When Oxygen reacts with minerals changing them into iron oxide…What is oxidation?
	This agent of erosion produces U-shaped valleys…What are valley glaciers?	
When rocks peel off the[ir] outer layers because of pressure unloading…What is exfoliation?
	This provides the energy for rivers and glaciers…What is the sun?