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WorksheetsES Ch. 10 - Erosion & Weathering
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place.
b)
makes the rocks last longer.
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks.
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides.
2.
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
3.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
Erosion
b)
Landslide
c)
Weathering
4.
What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?
a)
Waves
b)
Gravity
c)
Glaciers
d)
Wind
5.
The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Crop Rotation
6.
Which of these is an example of erosion?
a)
Light shining onto a mountain.
b)
Rain breaking down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces.
c)
Wind blowing away sediment to a new place on the mountain.
d)
All of the above.
7.
What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land, causing weathering of rock and soil?
a)
A glacier
b)
An iceberg
c)
An ice wedge
d)
A sand dune
8.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
Plants don't weather rocks.
b)
When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.
c)
When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.
9.
The process of carrying away weathered bits of rocks is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
10.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
11.
A mudslide flowing down a steep hill is called?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
12.
The process of slowly breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
13.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
14.
Bobby observed that a metal trash can was covered with rust. What type of weathering caused the rust on the trash can?
a)
Mechanical weathering
b)
Wind weathering
c)
Chemical weathering
d)
Erosion weathering
15.
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)
acid rain
c)
permeability
d)
abrasion
16.
These gravestones have slowly broken down and turned a blackish color due to the action of:
a)
ice wedging
b)
abrasion
c)
acid rain
d)
mechanical weathering
17.
Potholes forming in the road after a cold winter is an example of what type of weather?
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
18.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
19.
What is mechanical weathering?
a)
Process through which rocks are physically broken into smaller pieces.
b)
Rocks are broken down through chemical changes.
c)
Rocks are worn away from acid in plant roots.
d)
Rocks broken down by machinery.
20.
In a ___________change, a substance changes into a different substance.
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
21.
Which statement is not a description of a chemical reaction?
a)
A solid is dropped into a beaker of liquid and a gas is released.
b)
Two liquids are mixed in a beaker and a solid forms at the bottom of the beaker.
c)
A solid is dropped into a beaker of liquid and an explosion occurs.
d)
A liquid is heated in the sun and half of it evaporates.
22.
What type of chemical reaction takes two smaller atoms/groups of atoms and combines them into a larger groups?
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Synthesis
d)
Decomposition
23.
Which type of reaction breaks down larger groups of atoms into smaller groups or individual atoms?
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Synthesis
d)
Decomposition
24.
Which of these objects would most be affected by chemical weathering?
a)
A marble statue
b)
A granite countertop
c)
An ice sculpture
d)
A nylon shoe
25.
_____ is rock debris embedded in base of ice create polishing, grooves and striations.
a)
Plucking
b)
Abrasion
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
26.
What type of glacial lake is common in Minnesota?
a)
Saucepan lake
b)
Kettle lake
c)
Moraine
d)
Teapot lake
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