Voc. Weathering

A type of weathering in which the surface of a rock is scratched and physically worn away

• Abrasion

• climate

• clay formation

Chemical weathering is a process in which rocks aew transformed and worn away by chemical reations

• True

• False

Cheical weathering of minerals into clay

• clay formation

• chemical weathering

• dissolving

The average weather conditions in an area

• weather

• climate

• sun

Dissolving is a process in which a solid becomes a part of a liquid to form a solution.

• Ture

• false

A process of mechanical weathering in which water seeps into cracks and freezes is frost wedging

• true

• false

A hard rock made of interlocking crystals of quartz, feldspar, mica, and other minerals

• limestone

• granite

• sediment

A rock made of calcium carbonate

• Limestone

• granite

• sediment

Mechanical weathering is a process in which rocks are physically worn away without changing their chemical composition

• True

• false

Rusting is a type of chemical weathering in which iron reascts with oxygen to produce iron oxide, or rust

• true

• false