Weathering and Erosion Challenge Key

What impact does weathering have on soil formation?

• Chemical weathering adds helpful chemicals to the soil

• Rocks are broken down into smaller pieces, and finally into sediment

• Mechanical weathering adds ice to the soil, which turns into water

• Volcanic eruptions contribute metamorphic rocks to the soil

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What types of rocks are formed by weathering?

• Metamorphic rocks

• Igneous rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

• Volcanic rocks

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How long does the weathering process take?

• A few days

• No more than a month

• Exactly one year

• Years and years

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What process hollows out limestone caves?

• Mechanical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Spatial weathering

• Cave weathering

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What type of changes does erosion cause?

• Physical changes

• Chemical changes

• Electrical changes

• Magnetic changes

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Erosion occurs when natural forces alter the landscape. What does it mean to alter a landscape?

• To blow dust around

• To change what land looks like

• To deposit silt at the mouth of a river

• To create a floodplain

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Which term BEST describes the rate at which glacial erosion takes place?

• Quick

• Short

• Slow

• Sudden

How do sandy beaches form?

• Waves pounding pebbles int smaller and smaller pieces

• Wind eroding pebbles into smaller pieces

• Water freezing and thawing the cracks of pebbles

• Rain wearing away rocks into smaller and smaller pieces

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Which of the following features would be most affected by weathering?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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How would a sandblasted rock differ from a rock that hasn't been sandblasted?

• A sandblasted rock would be bigger

• A sandblasted rock would be smoother in shape and less jagged

• A sandblasted rock would be composed of volcanic material

• A sandblasted rock would be covered by water

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