Examples of Types of Weathering

What process hollows out limestone caves?

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

• Spatial Weathering

• Cave Weathering

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Pick the list which shows ONLY examples of physical weathering..

• water, salt, Carbon Dioxide

• water, ice, wind

• Oxygen, Acids, Animals

• water, wind, gravity

the breaking down of rocks and minerals on earth's surface. Often due to physical and chemical processes

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Earth System

• Surface Process

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• physical weathering: abrasion

• chemical weathering: reaction with acid

• chemical weathering: oxidation

• physical weathering: ice/frost wedging

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The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that are caused by natural processes that do not change the chemical composition. 

• MECHANICAL WEATHERING (PHYSICAL)

• CHEMICAL WEATHERING

• ABRASION

• NONE FO THE ABOVE

Weathering caused by burrowing and digging, exposing rock and soil to the surface

• plant growth

• wind abrasion

• animal action

• water abrasion

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Temperature change, pressue change, plant growth, animal action, wind, water and gravity (abrasion) are examples of ______ weathering

Oxidation, acid precipitation, acids in groundwater, acids in living things are examples of ______ weathering.

Types of Weathering

• mechanical

• mental

• chemical

• auto

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The breaking down of rock by natural processes is

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• sediments