Quiz about Weathering Review

Question 1

leaves decaying on the forest floor

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chemical

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mechanical

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biological

Question 2

happens more rapidly in tropical climates

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chemical

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mechanical

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biological

Question 3

iron lawn furniture rusting outside

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chemical

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mechanical

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biological

Question 4

tree roots cracking the concrete foundation of a house

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biological

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mechanical

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chemical

Question 5

decaying plants dissolving minerals in rocks

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chemical

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mechanical

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biological

Question 6

limestone dissolved by carbonic acid

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chemical

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mechanical

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biological

Question 7

animal burrows dug in rocks

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biological

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mechanical

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chemical

Question 8

water, ice, wind, gravity, changes in temperature

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agents of mechanical weathering

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agents of chemical weathering

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agents of biological weathering

Question 9

oxidation(rust), acid rain, salt water, carbonation

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agents of chemical weathering

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agents of mechanical weathering

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agents of biological weathering

Question 10

tree roots, lichen, animals & insects, humans

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agents of biological weathering

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agents of mechanical weathering

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agents of chemical weathering

Question 11

the repeated freezing and thawing of water in the cracks of rocks

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mechanical weathering

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chemical weathering

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biological weathering

Question 12

baseball sized hail began smashing along the hillside breaking the soil apart

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mechanical weathering

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chemical weathering

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biological weathering

Question 13

salt water enters a rock, water evaporates, salt crystals grow and wedge the rock apart

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mechanical weathering

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chemical weathering

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biological weathering

Question 14

tree roots are causing the concrete slabs of a sidewalk to break apart

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biological weathering

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mechanical weathering

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chemical weathering

Question 15

the wind and rain has caused damage to the tombstones in the cemetery

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both mechanical and chemical weathering

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mechanical weathering

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chemical weathering

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biological weathering

Question 16

a seed has found its way into a rock and a plant is beginning to grow

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biological weathering

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mechanical weathering

Question 17

The pollution has really been high, and acid rain has been destroying some monuments

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chemical weathering

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mechanical weathering

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biological weathering

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both mechanical and biological weathering

Question 18

a combination of fungi and algae grow upon the surface of a rock, slowly eating it away

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chemical weathering

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mechanical weathering

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biological weathering

Question 19

the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth.

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weathering

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erosion

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deposition

Question 20

Large moving sheet of ice and snow that has the ability to erode rock.

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glacier

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waterfall

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river

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basin

Question 21

The most common and powerful agent of weathering

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water

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wind

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ice

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gravity

Question 22

A type of weathering in which a rock is changed into a different substance.

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chemical

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mechanical

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biological

Question 23

Precipitation that often causes chemical weathering

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acid rain

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hail

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snow

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sleet

Question 24

The process that results from oxidation and produces an orange color seen on iron rocks or objects

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chemical weathering

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mechanical weathering

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biological weathering

Question 25

This occurs when rocks rub against each other; becoming less jagged and more rounded

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mechanical weathering

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chemical weathering

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biological weathering

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