EAS Cycle 3 Weathering and Erosion

Which agent of erosion is most likely responsible for the deposition of sandbars along ocean shorelines?

• Wind action

• Wave action

• Mass movement

• Glaciers

Which characteristic would most likely remain constant when a limestone cobble is subjected to extensive abrasion?

• Composition

• Volume

• Mass

• Shape

By which processes are rocks broken up and moved to

different locations?

• Weathering and erosion

• Compaction and transportation

• Burial and cementation

• Evaporation and condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which process involves either a physical or chemical breakdown of earth materials?

• deposition

• sedimentation

• cementing

• weathering

Which rock weathers most rapidly when exposed to acid rain?

• quartzite

• granite

• limestone

• basalt

Landscapes will undergo the most chemical weathering if the climate is

• warm and wet

• cool and dry

• warm and dry

• cool and wet

Rock samples brought back from the Moon show absolutely no evidence of chemical weathering. This is most likely due to

• extremely low surface temperatures on the Moon

• lack of biological activity on the Moon

• The lack of an atmosphere on the Moon

• large quantities of water in the lunar "seas"

Chemical weathering will occur most rapidly when rocks are exposed to the

• hydrosphere and lithosphere

• mesosphere and thermosphere

• hydrosphere and atmosphere

• lithosphere and atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Water is a major agent of chemical weathering because water

• dissolves many of the minerals that make up rocks

• cools the surroundings when it evaporates

• has a density of about one gram per cubic centimeter

• has the highest specific heat of all common earth materials

Adding automobile exhaust gases to the atmosphere has had the greatest impact on landscape development by

• changing the position of crustal plates

• changing Earth's prevailing wind patterns

• increasing the rate of chemical weathering

• increasing the amount of ozone in ground water