Agents of Weathering

Gravity is one of the agents of weathering

• TRUE

• FALSE

Earthworms are physical weathering agent.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Water alters chemical components of rocks that cause weathering.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Exfoliation occurs when water continually seeps into cracks, freezes and expands eventually breaking the rock apart.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Carbonation occurs when carbon dioxide dissolved in water makes acid and reacts with rocks.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Burrowing animals cannot contribute on weathering of rocks.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Hydrolysis takes place when acid rain reacts with rock-forming minerals such as feldspar to produce clay and salts that are removed in solution.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Animals produce acidic compounds that can cause rock disintegration.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide when mix with water produces basic substance that can break down rocks’ components

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Humans indirectly contribute on weathering.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4