Earth Processes

What are the two types of weathering?

• Mechanical and Physical
• Mechanical and Chemical
• Chemical and Abrasion
• There's more than two types

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The sea arch pictured was made through...

• Mechanical weathering of the rock cliff
• Chemical weathering of the rock cliff

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Salt water weathering rocks by dissolving pieces of it over time is an example of ....

• Chemical Weathering
• Mechanical Weathering

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Wind abrasion (wind blowing sand against something) is an example of _______ weathering.

• Chemical
• Mechanical

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Erosion is defined as ________

• The transport of sediment
• The break down of rcoks into sediment
• the depositing of sediment
• None of these

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Weathering is defined as________

• The transport of sediments
• The breaking down of rocks into sediment
• The deposit of sediment
• None of these

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Fossils are found in what type of rock?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• None of these

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What type of rock is formed deep underground through heat and pressure?

• Igneous
• Sedimentray
• Metamorphic
• None of these

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Obsidian is shiny, smooth and usually black. It is an igneous rock, and forms when:

• Magma cools slowly underground
• Lava cools slowly underground
• Magma cools quickly on the surface
• Lava cools quickly on the surface

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What caused the letters on this old tombstone to fade?

• weathering
• deposition
• being made of cheap material
• none of these

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