Chemical/ Mechanical weathering review

Chemical weathering cause rocks to change into new types of rocks.

• True

• False

Which of the following probably did not cause this statue to wear down?

• Rain

• Wind

• Snow

• Animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The statue of liberty is made of copper. It was originally brown but has since turned green. This is probably due to _______.

• Oxygen

• Acid rain

• Humans

• Carbon Dioxide

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

What agent of chemical weathering, causes rocks to break down and change composition?

• burrowing animals

• roots of plants

• acid rain

• wind abrasion

These rocks were made smooth by wind blowing smaller rock particles across their surface.  This is an example of:

• ice wedging
• chemical weathering
• acid rain
• abrasion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

These gravestones have slowly broken down and turned a blackish color due to the action of:

• ice wedging
• abrasion
• acid rain
• mechanical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How might a weathered mountain appear different than an unweathered mountain?

• Weathered mountain would be taller.
• Weathered mountain would be rounder and less jagged.
• Weathered mountain would be more jagged and less rounded.
• Weathered mountain would have no trees.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion weathering
• deposition

The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
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