Weathering & Erosion

Which word means the process by which the earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces?

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

What happens after the pieces of rock are broken down through weathering, and those pieces are moved?

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?

• A glacier
• An iceberg
• An ice wedge
• A sand dune

Weathering and erosion are the same thing.

• True
• False

Which is an example of Erosion?

• Sand being pulled away from a beach by waves.
• Roots of a tree breaking apart a rock
• water in a river smoothing down rocks.

Weathering is...

• the breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock. 
• the scraping away of materials
• material that comes from the weathering of rock
• the moving of sediment and rock from one place to another. 

Chemical Weathering is caused by

• Oxidation

• Freezing and thawing

• Carbon Dioxide

• abrasion

• Acid Rain

Mechanical Weathering is caused by

• Freezing and Thwaing

• Acid Rain

• Oxidation

• Abrasion

• Plant Growth

The type of weathering that physically breaks rock into smaller pieces.

• soil horizon

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• uniformitarianism

The agents of which type of weathering include water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, living organisms, and acid rain?

• mechanical weathering

• erosion

• chemical weathering

• soil