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Elementary science worksheet on weathering showing how wind breaks rocks into sand with reading passage, multiple-choice questions, and word unscramble.
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Weathering: Why Beaches and Deserts Have Sand

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This printable earth science worksheet explains how wind causes weathering to transform rocks into sand at beaches and deserts. Students read an informational passage, answer multiple-choice and yes/no questions about rock breakdown, identify which rock shows the most weathering, and unscramble vocabulary words including sand, rock, wind, and beach. Suitable for science classwork or homework introducing weathering and natural processes.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
3rd – 4th Grades
Updated June 2026

Word Bank

  • beach
  • rock
  • sand
  • wind

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