Chapter 2 Rocks

What is weathering?

• the process of the rock cycle

• the process of breaking down rocks

• predicting rain

Chemical weathering

• an avalanche

• acid rain

• abrasion

Layers of soil

• depositions

• sediments

• horizons

mechanical weathering

• bedrock

• oxidation

• exfoliation

the action of weathered material moving from one location to another

• erosion

• evaporation

• exfoliation

What are stalagmites & stalactities formed from in caves?

• dissolved calcite

• dissolved iron oxide

• dissolved abrasion

What is the largest particle that makes up soil?

• silt

• sand

• clay

type of rock that forms from cooled magma

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

type of rock that forms from hardened sediment & tiny organisms

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

type of rock that forms by great heat & pressure

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock