ELL WEDS review

What is the breaking of rock that occurs by chemical reactions?

• abrasion

• erosion

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

The process in which broken rock is transported (moved).

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• abrasion

The process where sediment is laid down in new locations.

• erosion

• abrasion

• weathering

• deposition

What is a physical process that breaks rocks without changing the make up of the rock?

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Acid in groundwater dissolves rock.

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

Water freezes and expands in cracks in rocks breaking the rock.

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

Acid rain dissolves rocks.

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

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

• dumptruck

Wind, water, gravity, plants & animals are all causes of _________.

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• oxidation

• mass movement