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WorksheetsWeathering and Erosion
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
____________________ is the most significant form of erosion.
a)
Wind
b)
Water
c)
Waves
d)
Glaciers
2.
What at 4 types of mass movement?
a)
compaction, cementation, heat, and pressure
b)
mudflow, slump, creep, landslide
c)
abrasion, animal action, acid rain, ice wedging
d)
oxidation, living organisms, tree roots, human activity
3.
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
a)
Deposition breaks rocks down, weathering carries sediment away
b)
Weathering breaks rock down and erosion moves it
4.
What are the agents of erosion?
a)
oxidation, acid rain, abrasion, root rust, root pry, abrasion
b)
deflation and depostion
c)
water, wind, ice, gravity
5.
What is the breaking down of rocks called?
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
compaction
6.
_________________ can be compared to sandblasting.
a)
deflation
b)
abrasion
c)
deposition
7.
When water goes into cracks in rocks, freezes, expands, thaws and repeats the process it is called _____________________.
a)
Ice wedging
b)
root pry
c)
animal action
d)
oxidation
8.
__________________________ is the breaking down of rocks that does not change the mineral makeup of the rocks- just makes smaller pieces
a)
Chemical weathering
b)
Mechanical weathering
9.
__________________occurs when materials containing iron are exposed to oxygen and water.
a)
Erosion
b)
Root pry
c)
Ice wedging
d)
Oxidation
10.
Chemical weathering occurs more rapidly in a ____________ climate.
a)
Mild
b)
Cold
c)
Dry
d)
Hot
11.
3 types of physical weathering
a)
1. tree roots, ice wedging, burrowing animals, abrasion, human activity, waves
b)
oxidation, acid rain, lichen
c)
carbonic acid, water, deposition
12.
A stream that flows into a larger stream.
a)
rilly
b)
river
c)
meander
d)
tributary
13.
_________________________________ causes changes in the rocks by changing the mineral makeup of the rock.
a)
Chemical weathering
b)
Mechanical weathering
c)
Deposition
14.
Water and carbon dioxide combine to form_____________________________.
a)
acid rain
b)
carbonic acid
c)
oxidation
15.
_______________________ occurs when materials containing iron are exposed to oxygen and water.
a)
Oxidation
b)
Deposition
c)
Deflation
d)
Erosion
16.
______________________ rock weathers faster because it has connected air spaces which allow water to weather it on more surfaces.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Permeable
c)
Metamorphic
17.
________________ is oxidized iron.
a)
Carbonic acid
b)
Rust
c)
Calcite
18.
A loop like bend in the course of a river
a)
meander
b)
tributary
c)
waterfall
d)
rill
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