Earth Science Review Weathering

What is the process of transporting sediments from location to another?

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Compaction

The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Which of the terms describes the process of acid rain wearing away limestone?

• Cryptic Erosion
• Chemical Weathering
• Cryptobiotic Weathering
• Chemical Erosion

Which of these is an example of erosion

• Light Shinning onto a mountain
• Rain breaking down rock 
• Wind blowing away sediment
• All of the above

What happens when weathering and erosion work together?

• New Mountains are created
• The climate changes overnight
• Metal objects become rusty
• They change the Earth's surface

The diagrams  shows a natural process that weathers rock.
 Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?

• frozen water acts as a solute
• water expands when it freezes
• the mass of water increases when it freezes
• frozen water dissolves most types of rock

Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?

• Acidic groundwater dissolving limestone
• frost wedging
• Paper being burned

During chemical weathering, what can happen to the type of rock that has undergone chemical weathering?

• a new rock is produced that is larger than the original rock
• a new rock is produced that is the same as the original rock
• a new rock is produced that is different from the original rock 
• no new rock is created - it is just smaller in size