Weathering Erosion Review

The 4 agents of erosion are________

• air, fire, water, & metamorphism

• wind, water, gravity, & ice

• topographic, sedimentary, igneous, & deposition

• igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, & gravity

The 2 types of weathering are _________

• alpha & beta

• physical & conventional

• conduction & convection

• chemical & physical

Weathering is a process that

• carries away rocks on Earth's surface.

• breaks down rocks at the Earth's surface.

• forms new rocks on the Earth's surface.

• affects the weather on Earth's surface.

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Which of the following is NOT an agent of mechanical weathering?

• ice wedging

• plant growth

• abrasion

• acid rain

Which of the following is NOT an agent of chemical weathering?

• water

• freezing

• carbon dioxide

• living organisms

What causes a sand dune to move away from the ocean?

• Ocean wave

• Strong storms

• Weathering by wind

• Erosion by wind

Erosion is a process that

• Causes storms

• Moves rocks and soil

• Forms rivers

• Breaks rocks into pieces

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Gravity causes mass movement in the form of four agents of erosion. What are those agents?

• landslides, earthquakes, mudflows, and slumps

• volcanic eruptions, landslides, creep, slump

• landslides, mudflows, slump, creep

• hurricanes, landslides, mudflows, creep

What causes sediment to be deposited where rivers flow into larger bodies of water called deltas?

• Erosion by wind

• Erosion by waves

• Erosion by Glaciers

• Erosion by water

Compare and contrast mechanical weathering and chemical weathering.

• Mechanical weathering is the physical change of a rock (example: ice wedging) while chemical weathering is the change of chemical composition (example: rust).

• Mechanical weathering is the change of chemical composition (example: rust) while chemical weathering is he physical change of a rock (example: ice wedging).

• Mechanical weathering breaks things down while chemical weathering takes things away.

• Mechanical weathering is the physical change of a rock (example: rust) while chemical weathering is the change of chemical composition (example: ice wedging).

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