Physical Weathering

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Weathering
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process by which layers or sheets of rock gradually break off

• exfoliation
• abrasion
• erosion
• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process of wearing down by friction - like sand blasting

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Roots grow into cracks of a rock and pry them apart

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Physical weathering is also known as ______________ weathering.

• chemical
• mechanical
• breakdown
• heat

Which kind of weathering involves the breakdown of rocks through direct contact with atmospheric conditions such as heat, water, ice and pressure?

• physical
• chemical

What type of weathering does this image display?

• physical
• chemical

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Ice wedging is an example of -

• Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Both physical AND chemical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Plant roots conduct -

• Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Both physical AND chemical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Ice wedging is most likely to occur during which months of the year ?

• December - February

• March - May

• June - August

• September - November

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5