QUIZ4 exogenic process

Wind blown sand hitting a rock and slowly wearing it away is an example of

• Chemical erosion

• Mechanical erosion

• Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

Oxidation can cause some rocks to

• form crevasses.

• change shape.

• turn white.

• rust.

A rock slide would most likely cause _____ weathering.

• Physical

• Chemical

• Biological

• Biomechanical

Seeing a tree growing out of a rock would cause

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• compaction

Which of the following types of mass wasting is described as the movement of a water-laden mass of loose mud, sand, soil, rock, and debris down a slope?

• Slump

• Rock slide

• Debris flow

• Rock slide

The breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller particles without a change in composition.

• Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Mass wasting

• Erosion

Which of the following is an example of

chemical weathering?

• Splits in a rock due to tree roots.

• Pulverized rock resulting from a landslide.

• A rock broken into chunks after being carried by rapidly flowing water.

• The dissolving of limestone by acid rain.

In the atmosphere, carbonic acid forms from the reaction of carbon dioxide and ______.

• fossil fuel

• water

• oxygen

• nitrogen

Which of the following human activities has resulted in increased rates of weathering?

• the release of sulfur and nitrogen oxides that cause acid rain

• the physical disintegration of rocks during construction and mining

• Both are correct

• Neither of the two is correct

What is the primary agent of sediment transportation from sites of weathering to sites of deposition?

• gravity

• water

• wind

• plants and animals