Weathering

How can wind change a sand dune?

• Water can wash the sand away.

• Strong winds can blow sand off the dunes.

• Wind can blow sand into the water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

What is likely to cause cracks on the sidewalk?

• Repeated freezing and thawing of water
• Tree roots or plant roots growing bigger
• Both and A and B
• Neither A or B 

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

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

Which type of climate would cause the greatest rate of weathering?

• Cold and dry
• Cold and humid (wet)
• Warm and humid (wet)
• Warm and dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is the most important agent of chemical weathering to form this cave?

• Water - It can carry acid and dissolve rock
• Erosion - Moves the rocks from one place to another
• Wind - It displaces rocks
• Exfoliation - New cracks give chemical reactions the chance to operate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

Acid rain is most likely to cause...

• deposition
• glaciers to move
• chemical weathering
• mechanical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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.4-ESS2-1

What type of Weathering is caused by animal actions?

• Chemical Weathering 
• Erosion 
• Mechanical Weathering 
• Animals