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WorksheetsWeathering, Erosion Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
What is the process where rocks are broken down?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Glaciation
Which is a cause of weathering?
Water
Waves
Wind
Gravity
All of the above
What is the difference between mechanical weathering and chemical weathering?
Mechanical weathering is breaking down of rocks
Mechanical weathering is the change in chemical composition
Chemical weathering has a change in the rock's chemical composition and mechanical doesn't
Chemical weathering is breaking down of rocks
Which is not an example of mechanical (physical) weathering?
Frost wedging (freeze thaw)
Hydrolysis
Abrasion
Exfoliation
Plants and animals
Which weathering has water freeze in the cracks and wedges it apart because water expands when it freezes?
Frost Wedging (Freeze thaw)
Abrasion
Plant root growth
Exfoliation
Which weathering is the gradual peeling of layers due to uplift?
Freeze thaw
Plants and animals
Abrasion
Exfoliation
What type of weathering is the breakdown of rock because minerals are changed to different substances (change in composition)?
Abrasion
Physical weathering
Chemical weathering
Freeze thaw
Which type of chemical weathering creates caves and sinkholes?
Physical weathering
Hydrolysis
Oxidation
Freeze thaw
Oxidation forms ______________
Water
Plants
Rust
Ice
Which factor doesn't change the rate of weathering?
Surface area
Rock composition
Climate
Metal
Weathering rates are faster in ________________ climates.
Warm and dry
Dry and Cold
Warm and wet
Dry and wet
What is the removal and transport of weathered material?
Weathering
Erosion
When you have streams and rivers, what will NOT cause high and sever erosion?
Steep gradient
High velocity
Low velocity
Large discharge
Landslide and rock slides occur in very ___________ vertical cliffs.
Steep
Shallow
Horizontal
With a steeper slope, we would expect to see...
less erosion
more erosion
the same amount of erosion
no erosion at all
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?
