Physical & Chemical Weathering

What landform do you see a lot of in Monument Valley, Arizona?

• cliffs

• buttes

• mesa

• sinkholes

_____________ is the process of breaking down or dissolving the Earth's rocks and soil, and other parts of the geosphere.

• Abrasion

• Weathering
• Landslide

• Root Wedging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Select the three types of weathering. 

• Physical

• Abrasion

• Frost Wedging

• Chemical

• Biological

What type of physical weathering causes a rock to crack after getting cold and then warm multiple times?

• temperature

• abrasion

• frost wedging

• root wedging

When a plant grows in the cracks of a rock, as the plant gets bigger the rock eventually breaks apart. What type of physical weathering is this?

• temperature

• abrasion

• frost wedging

• root wedging

Rocks and sediment grind against each other causing the rock to wear away. What type of physical weathering is this?

• temperature

• abrasion

• frost wedging

• root wedging

The breaking up of rock fragments is called ________________.

• erosion

• weathering

• sediment

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

___________ is the transportation of sediments.

• erosion

• weathering

• chemical

• snow

When oxygen combines with minerals and elements in the rock creating chemical weathering. 

• carbonation

• hydration

• oxidation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

When carbon dioxide combines with minerals and elements in the rock and attacks it, we call this _____________.

• carbonation

• hydration

• oxidation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2