Physical and Chemical Weathering

Chopping wood is....

• physical change

• chemical change

Burning wood is.....

• physical change

• chemical change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What is the breaking up of rocks into smaller pieces without changing it?

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

What is the breaking up of rocks by changing it into something new?

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away

• smaller bits of rock produced by weathering of rocks

• the top layer of the soil

• decaying plant or animal material

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rust developing on rocks containing iron

• chemical weathering (carbonation)

• chemical weathering (oxidation)

• physical weathering (carbonation)

• physical weathering (oxidation)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Roots grow into cracks in rock and break the rock apart

• chemical weathering (frost action)

• chemical weathering (plant action)

• Physical weathering (frost action)

• Physical weathering (plant action)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This image best illustrates

• plant action

• carbonation

• abrasion

• oxidation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone are examples of what?

• chemical weathering (carbonation)

• chemical weathering (oxidation)

• physical weathering (frost action)

• physical weathering (plant action)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fossil fuels burning and releasing CO2 into the atmosphere, increases a form of __________________ weathering.

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2