Weathering and Soil Formation

Which type of climate will cause the rock to weather the most because of frost?

• dry, but temps remain below freezing

• dry but temps alternate between freezing and above freezing

• wet, but temperatures remain below freezing

• wet, but temperatures alternate between freezing and above freezing

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What type of environmental change would cause a rock to weather the fastest?

• decrease in temperature and decrease in precipitation

• decrease in temperature and increase in precipitation

• increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation

• increase in temperature and increase in precipitation

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What process best represents the idea that rock at the bottom of a river will become smaller pieces of sediment over time?

• deposition

• metamorphism

• weathering

• condensation

Why is the rock cycle an example of uniformitarianism?

• The rock cycle has worked the same for billions of years

• Rocks are hard and they weather.

• Water can erode rock

• Volcanoes make new rock.

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Plants break large rocks into smaller pieces by

• the leaves of the plant insulating the surrounding rocks from extreme temperatures

• their roots growing into cracks in the rocks

• depositing their seeds onto rocks and releasing acidic compounds

• using their stems to surround and squeeze rocks

Freezing and thawing of water in rocks affects the rock by

• transforming the rock into metamorphic rock

• chemically changing the rock

• gradually breaking down the rock into smaller pieces

• leaving behind sediment from evaporated solutions

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Why is it harder to read the wording on very old tombstones compared to newer tombstones?

• dirt fills in the letters

• modern tombstones are made of artificial materials

• because of weathering of the tombstone

• slow crystallization of the stone

After harvesting (picking a crop), a farmer left the corn stalks in the field. What is this an example of?

• conservation plowing

• contour plowing

• crop rotation

• straight plowing

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All of the processes listed below cause changes in Earth’s surface. Which of the following is the slowest to change Earth’s surface?

• earthquakes

• landslides

• volcanic eruptions

• weathering

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Which of the following can be caused by weathering?

• cracks forming in a boulder

• rocks melting to form magma

• glaciers forming on a mountainside

• pebbles combining to form a large rock