Sedimentary Rocks, Weathering, and Karst

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another is called _____.

• Soil conservation
• Deposition
• Abrasion
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it is _____.

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Cementation
• Compaction

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Indiana caves are an example of _____.

• Runoff
• Mass movement
• Karst topography
• Glaciation

Karst topography is most frequently formed in what type of rock?

• Sandstone
• Limestone.
• Marble
• Granite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are two types of weathering?

• mechanical & chemical
• abrasion & animal
• animal & human
• mechanical & physical

Which type of weathering causes changes to the chemical structure of a rock?

• abrasion
• animal weathering
• chemical weathering
• karst

What is a cavity in the ground caused by water erosion?

• sinkhole
• plucking
• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Over thousands of years, ____ has chemically weathered limestone, creating caves.

• oxidation

• sediment

• carbonic acid

• caolinite clay

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Ice wedging is caused by --

• water and oxygen reacting in cracks in rocks

• water repeatedly freezing and thawing in cracks in rocks

• acid freezing on rocks

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Karst topography is characterized by --

• magma pools

• intrusions of igneous rock

• limestone caves and caverns

• basaltic rock formations

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4