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WorksheetsWeathering!
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
The process of breaking up Earth's surface into soil and sediment over a long period of time is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
2.
What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock.
a)
chemical weathering
b)
physical or mechanical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
Deposition
3.
Acid rain is most likely to cause...
a)
deposition
b)
glaciers to move
c)
chemical weathering
d)
mechanical weathering
4.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
5.
What type of Weathering is caused by animal actions?
a)
Chemical Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Mechanical Weathering
d)
Animals
6.
thermal fractionation, frost wedging, hydration shattering, exfoliation and abrasion. are forms of what?
a)
Mechanical Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Chemical Weathering
d)
Compaction
7.
Dissolution, hydrolysis, Hydration, and Oxidation and Acid Rain are examples of what kind of weathering?
a)
Mechanical Weathering
b)
Abrasion
c)
Chemical Weathering
d)
Bill Nye the science guy
8.
The process of breaking up rocks caused by CHEMICAL changes that DOES change the actual substance of the rock.
a)
erosion
b)
Acid Rain
c)
Chemical Weathering
d)
Rocks
9.
A process that breaks up rocks using PHYSICAL changes that don't change the actual substance.
a)
Chemical Weathering
b)
Animals
c)
Plants
d)
Mechanical Weathering
10.
3. Which types of changes are included in the process of weathering?
a)
A. physical
b)
B. chemical
c)
C. both
11.
These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:
a)
ice wedging
b)
dumptruck
c)
permeability
d)
acid rain
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