physical and chemical weathering

The following are examples of physical weathering:

Mark ALL that apply.

• Tree roots grow and break rocks.

• Sand abrasion on cliffs.

• A rock weathered by freezing and thawing of water.

• Weathering of sandstone by salt water.

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The following are examples of chemical weathering.

Mark ALL that apply.

• Blowing sand against a rock formation.

• Acid rain falling on a marble monument.

• Rocks weathered by freezing and thawing water.

• A hammer slamming on to a rock.

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This is an example of _____.

• Weathering from animals

• Weathering from plants

• Exfoliation

• Abrasion

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• breaking

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_____________________ changes the identity of rocks and it involves a chemical reaction or change.

• Physical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Deposition

How do you know which mountains are older?

• Older mountains are more rounded.

• Older mountains are more pointed.

• Older mountains are taller.

• Older mountains are have less snow.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...

• physical weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• chemical weathering

Which one of the examples below is physical weathering?

• lichens growing on rock

• acid rain wearing away limestone

• oxidation (rusting) of a flag pole

• frost wedging splitting a rock apart

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• whooshing

Which of these examples is deposition?

• wind blowing sand

• sand that was dropped on the beach by waves

• pebbles falling downhill due to gravity

• a tree root breaking a rock

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