Weathering - 6th Grade - 2/2/21

Bobby observed that a metal trash can was covered with rust.  What type of weathering caused the rust on the trash can?

• Mechanical weathering 
• Wind weathering
• Chemical weathering
• Erosion weathering

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A student hiking in a rock area on a mountain notices that wide, deep cracks have formed in some of the large rocks. Some of the cracks are so large that the rocks have broken apart. Which process most likely caused these rocks to crack and creak? 

• Erosion by wind
• Water freezing and thawing
• Erosion by fast-moving
• Sediments being deposited.

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

When Joe saw the Rocky Mountains for the first time, he exclaimed, "These mountains are much younger than ours back East!" Which feature supports his conclusion that the Rockies were relatively young mountains?

• Their sedimentary layers are still exposed
• They have rounded tops
• They have sharp peaks
• Weathering has not yet hardened the rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process of breaking up Earth's surface into soil and sediment over a long period of time  is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock.

• chemical weathering 
• physical or mechanical weathering
• erosion
• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How do plants weather rocks?

• during photosynthesis
• when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
• when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of breaking up rocks caused by CHEMICAL changes that DOES change the actual substance of the rock. 

• erosion
• Acid Rain
• Chemical Weathering
• Rocks

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

3.  Which types of changes are included in the process of weathering?

• A.  physical
• B.  chemical
• C.  both

These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:

• ice wedging
• dumptruck
• permeability
• acid rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• deposition
• landslide
• weathering
• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2