Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?

• Oxidation

• Hydration

• Hydrolysis

• Frost wedging

The following are the agents of erosion EXCEPT:

• water

• glacier

• wind

• soil

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?

• Makes the rocks last longer

• Expands cracks and breaks rocks

  Incorrect

• Causes rocks to fall in landslides

  Incorrect

• Keeps the rocks in place

___________ occurs when there is a reaction between mineral and oxygen dissolved in water.

• oxidation

• carbonation

• hydration

• hydrolysis

Wind blown sand hitting a rock and slowly wearing it away is an example of ________.

• Physical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Erosion

• Chemical Erosion

Which of the following is an example of

chemical weathering?

• The dissolving of limestone by acid rain.

• Pulverized rock resulting from a landslide.

• A rock broken into chunks after being carried by rapidly flowing water.

• Splits in a rock due to tree roots.

In the atmosphere, carbonic acid forms from the reaction of carbon dioxide and ______.

• water

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• helium

____________ occurs when the chemical composition of the rock is change due to the action of other substances.

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• erosion

• mechanical erosion

___________ processes occur at the Earth’s surface and powered by the energy from the sun.

• endogenous

• exogenous

• erosion

• weathering

Which of the following is the process of peeling away the outer layers of the rock because of the differences in the temperature of the inner portions and outer surface of the rock?

• Metamorphism

• Exfoliation

• Frost wedging

• Block disintegration