Unit 2 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling

Weathering is defined as________

• The transport of sediments

• The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called sediment

• The deposit of sediment

• None of these

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What are the two types of weathering?

• Mechanical and Physical
• Mechanical and Chemical
• Chemical and Abrasion
• There's more than two types

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Salt water weathering rocks by dissolving pieces of it over time is an example of ....

• Chemical Weathering
• Mechanical Weathering

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Wind abrasion (wind blowing sand against something) is an example of _______ weathering.

• Chemical
• Mechanical

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Erosion is defined as ________

• The transport of sediment

• The break down of rocks into sediment

• The depositing of sediment

• None of these

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solid materials such as rock fragments, plant and animal remains, or minerals that are carried by water or by air and that settle on the bottom of a body of water or on the ground

• fossil

• ore

• mineral

• sediment

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rock formed as pieces of older rocks and other loose materials get pressed or cemented together or as dissolved minerals reform and build up in layers.

• metamorphic rock

• rock cycle

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

rock formed as heat or pressure causes existing rock to change in structure, texture, or mineral composition

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

rock that forms as molten rock cools and becomes solid

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• ore

• igneous rock

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface.

• magma

• lava

• core

• igneous rock