Mechanical Weathering

Mechanical Weathering

7th Grade

10 Qs

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Mechanical Weathering

Mechanical Weathering

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Alonzo Martinez III

Used 432+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mechanical Weathering is the same as Physical Weathering

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mechanical Weathering breaks down rocks through _______.

Force

Chemical Reactions

Magic

Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity is called __________.

abrasion

exfoliation from uplifting

thermal expansion

plant action

animal action

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rock breaks off into leaves or sheets along joints which are parallel to the ground surface due to uplift and removal of surface material that covered the rock, this is called __________.

abrasion

exfoliation from uplifting

thermal expansion

plant action

animal action

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repeated daily heating and cooling of rock causes expansion; cooling causes contraction, different minerals expand and contract at different rates causing the rock to split, this is weathering by __________.

abrasion

exfoliation from uplifting

thermal expansion

plant action

animal action

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of mechanical weathering is represented in the picture?

abrasion

exfoliation from uplifting

thermal expansion

plant action

animal action

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of mechanical weathering is represented in the picture?

abrasion

exfoliation from uplifting

thermal expansion

plant action

animal action

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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