Quiz about Weathering

Question 1

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Physical Weathering

Answer

Chemical Weathering

Question 2

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Physical Weathering

Answer

Chemical Weathering

Question 3

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Chemical Weathering

Answer

Physical Weathering

Question 4

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Chemical Weathering

Answer

Physical Weathering

Question 5

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Physical Weathering

Answer

Chemical Weathering

Question 6

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Physical Weathering

Answer

Chemical Weathering

Question 7

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Chemical Weathering

Answer

Physical Weathering

Question 8

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Accepted Answer

Physical Weathering

Answer

Chemical Weathering

Question 9

Which answer below is an example of physical weathering?

Accepted Answer

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches.

Answer

Caves being formed by acid rain.

Question 10

Which answer below is an example of chemical weathering?

Accepted Answer

Decaying plant that gives off acid that weakens a rock causing it to break.

Answer

Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth's surface.

Question 11

True or False Physical weathering makes rocks smaller, but does not change the rocks in any other way.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 12

True or False Chemical Weathering never changes the minerals in rocks.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 13

The following are examples of physical weathering:

Mark ALL that apply.

Accepted Answer

Tree roots grow and break rocks.

Accepted Answer

Sand abrasion on cliffs.

Accepted Answer

A rock weathered by freezing and thawing of water.

Answer

Weathering of sandstone by salt water.

Question 14

The following are examples of chemical weathering.

Mark ALL that apply.

Accepted Answer

Acid rain falling on a marble monument.

Answer

Blowing sand against a rock formation.

Answer

Rocks weathered by freezing and thawing water.

Answer

A hammer slamming on to a rock.

Weathering

14 questions

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

What type of weathering does this illustration describe?

Which answer below is an example of physical weathering?

Which answer below is an example of chemical weathering?

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